diff --git a/examples/thai.bsc b/examples/thai.bsc index 786a75e..6f5eeda 100644 --- a/examples/thai.bsc +++ b/examples/thai.bsc @@ -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 @@ -204,4 +208,4 @@ x r / h ; remove all diacritics after the first in a diphthong ; (or triphthong). --x V / [V +TTone+Base] / V _ \ No newline at end of file +-x V / [V +TTone+Base] / V _ diff --git a/examples/thai.lex b/examples/thai.lex index 27fd501..b88df9f 100644 --- a/examples/thai.lex +++ b/examples/thai.lex @@ -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’]