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bradrn committed Oct 13, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ Semi = i̯ ɩ̯̈ u̯
+PTone+B = iᴮ ɩ̈ᴮ uᴮ eᴮ əᴮ oᴮ ɛᴮ aᴮ ɔᴮ iiᴮ ɩ̈ɩ̈ᴮ uuᴮ eeᴮ əəᴮ ooᴮ ɛɛᴮ aaᴮ ɔɔᴮ
+PTone+C = iᶜ ɩ̈ᶜ uᶜ eᶜ əᶜ oᶜ ɛᶜ aᶜ ɔᶜ iiᶜ ɩ̈ɩ̈ᶜ uuᶜ eeᶜ əəᶜ ooᶜ ɛɛᶜ aaᶜ ɔɔᶜ

; Modern Thai has five tones. We write each with a different
; diacritic (plus defining an extra category for the base
; grapheme). They are defined alongside the Proto-Tai tones
; because both will be needed at the same time to implement
; the tonal changes.
; Modern Thai has the same number of vowels, but five tones.
; We write each tone with a different diacritic (plus
; defining an extra category for the base grapheme). They
; are defined alongside the Proto-Tai tones because both
; will be needed at the same time to implement the tonal changes.

; (Note: The symbol ⟨ɩ̈⟩ is Li’s notation. Various sources seem to
; transcribe it as /ɯ/ or /ʉ/. I have decided to leave it as is.
; For simplicity the tonal diacritics replace the diaeresis.)

+TTone+Base = i ɩ̈ u e ə o ɛ a ɔ ii ɩ̈ɩ̈ uu ee əə oo ɛɛ aa ɔɔ
+TTone+33 = ī ɩ̄ ū ē ə̄ ō ɛ̄ ā ɔ̄ īi ɩ̄ɩ̈ ūu ēe ə̄ə ōo ɛ̄ɛ āa ɔ̄ɔ
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; remove all diacritics after the first in a diphthong
; (or triphthong).

-x V / [V +TTone+Base] / V _
-x V / [V +TTone+Base] / V _
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ siuᴮ [สิ่ว ‘chisel’]
bɔᴮ [พ่อ ‘father’]
rueᴮ [รั่ว ‘leak’]
haᶜ [ห้า ‘five’]
rɔiᶜ [ร้อย ‘string’]
rɔiᶜ [ร้อย ‘string (of objects)]
ʔi̯et [เอ็ด ‘one’]
pruɔk [ตอก ‘bamboo strip’]
dlək [ลัก ‘steal’]
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