|  Middle
Class Consonants & Tone Marks
All of the examples
on this page are middle 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, low,
falling, high and rising.
(1)
Syllables beginning with a middle 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 middle class
consonant and having the tone mark MYAYK (-è)
over the initial consonant take the Low Tone.
(3)
Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having
the tone mark MATA (-é)
over the initial consonant take the Falling Tone.
(4)
Syllables beginning with a middle class
consonant and having the tone mark MYDTREE (-ê)
over the initial consonant take the High Tone.
There are very few of these words.
(5)
Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having
the tone mark MYJUDTAWAH (-ë)
over the initial consonant take the Rising Tone.
There are very few of these words.
Tone Marks with
Low Class, Middle Class
& High Class Consonants
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