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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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1787602024-07-05T06:09:42Z A brief encounter with Lahu tones Hombert, Jean-Marie University of California, Santa Barbara Arts and Humanities 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). Published version 2024-07-05T06:09:41Z 2024-07-05T06:09:41Z 1983 Journal Article Hombert, J. (1983). A brief encounter with Lahu tones. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 7(2), 109-111. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.7.2.06 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178760 10.32655/LTBA.7.2.06 2 7 109 111 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1983 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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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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