A brief encounter with Lahu tones
The Lahu tone system has been extensively described by Matisoff (1973 and references therein). Standard Lahu has five open (non-checked) tones (Mid, High rising, High falling, Low falling, Low) and two checked tones (High checked and Low checked). All 49 combinations of these seven tones are found a...
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2024
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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| Summary: | The Lahu tone system has been extensively described by Matisoff (1973 and references therein). Standard Lahu has five open (non-checked) tones (Mid, High rising, High falling, Low falling, Low) and two checked tones (High checked and Low checked). All 49 combinations of these seven tones are found as illustrated in the table below (adapted from Matisoff 1973:27). |
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