 Low
Class Consonants & Tone Marks
All of the examples
on this page are low class consonants. A reminder of the
rules are at the bottom of this page.
Tone
Chart: When you listen to each row in the
chart below, you will hear these tones each time: mid, falling
and high.
(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.
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.
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.
(2)
Syllables beginning with a low class consonant
and having the tone mark MYAYK (-è)
over the initial consonant take the Falling Tone.
(3)
Syllables beginning with a low class consonant
and having the tone mark MYTO (-é)
over the initial consonant take the High Tone.
Tone Marks with
Low Class, Middle Class
& High Class Consonants
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