Tone numbers

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:14 am

I have a question. You know the numbers after a tone, like WORD|53| or WORD|11|? What do those numbers represent? Is there any place where I could learn how to read them?

hong · Post by **hong** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:22 am

Strictly speaking this is a very tough question because in actual fact eact sect of minnan has his own style.That is called 五度制標調法.
Try this web site www.mina.ks.edu.tw

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:16 am

The numbers represent the tone contour from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). For example, |44| is a high level tone, whereas |24| is a rising tone, |52| is a falling tone, etc.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:24 am

So the first part is the starting level of the tone, the second part is the level the tone changes to?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:48 am

Dylan Sung has a nice English page which deals with tones including a piece on the Chao's pitch representation.

http://www.sungwh.freeserve.co.uk/sapienti/anctones.htm

Regards,