The
Low Class Consonants.
The following
are the Low Class consonants.
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A small tip, this is the biggest group. It is not necessary
to try and learn these low class consonants since if you
have learned the high and middle class consonants, it follows
that everything else is a low class consonant.
Tone
Rules for Low Class Consonants
(1) Syllables
beginning with a low class consonant and having no tone
mark take the Mid Tone unless they end with K, P or T sounds
or in a short vowel.
(2) Syllables
beginning with a low class consonant and having no tone
mark but ending in K, P or T sounds, take:
- the Falling
Tone if the vowel is long.
- the High Tone
if the vowel is short.
Falling Tone.
High Tone.
(3) Syllables
beginning with a low class consonant and having a short
open vowel take the High Tone. There are very few complete
words of this type.
(4) Syllables
beginning with a low class consonant and having the tone
mark MYAYK (-è)
over the initial consonant take the Falling Tone.
(5) Syllables
beginning with a low class consonant and having the tone
mark MYTO (-é)
over the initial consonant take the High Tone.
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for examples.
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for the exam.
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