LAURENT SAGART
156
/T1/: 23
/T2/: 21 or 11
45
43 or 33
/T3/: /T4/: low rising low falling or level high rising mid falling or level
Finals ending in a stop (the so-called 'entering tone' finals) are only permitted to combine with the higher tones, 3 and 4. Due to their overall shortness, lax finals ending in a stop exhibit only rarely the full pitch contours which characterize tones 3 and 4.
All possible tone combinations on disyllables were elicited: no changes were observed in the above tone contours.
6. Tones, comparison with SC.
The tone correspondences with SC are summarized in the chart below:
CORRESPONDENCE OF SC AND KHW TONES
SC tone KHW tone Upper Even /T1/ low rising Lower Even /T2/ low level or falling Upper Rising /T3/ high rising Lower Rising /T1/ low rising Upper Going /T1/ low rising /T4/ mid level or falling Upper Entering /T3/ high (rising) /T3/ high rising Lower Going Middle Entering Lower Entering /T4/ mid (level or falling)Examples
風 fung1 fung2 **fung3 fung1
漢 fung1 i fung4
福 fuk3 faek3 fuk4: faek4
Perhaps the most prominent feature of KHW that its speakers are aware of is the low tone contour of KHW /T1/ in contrast to the high tone contour of SC Upper Even. This feature, together with a falling Lower Going tone and a rising Middle Entering tone, is shared by the dialect of Tung Kun 5, as can be seen from the following chart: