Lai (Thlantlang)
CNH | Burma | Entry created by Larry Hyman | University of California, Berkeley
Representation of Tones:
- 3 underlying tones: /H/, /L/, /HL/
- 4 surface tones: [H], [L], [HL], [LH]
- Tone bearing unit: syllable
- Underlying underspecification: none
- Surface Underspecification: none
Tonal Rules and Alternations:
Spreading:
By L tone spreading, after /L/ or /HL/, both /H/ and /HL/ are realized [LH] utterance finally, [L] medially. I.e. /L-H/ and /L-HL/ --> L-LH, L-L; /HL-H/ and /HL-HL/ --> H-LH, H-L.
added 2004-11-01 09:55:16 | edited 2004-11-01 09:57:20
Contour Simplification:
Contours are permitted only on a pre-pausal syllable. Medial /HL/ simplifies to [H], while the LH derived by L tone spreading from either /H/ or /HL/ simplifies to L medially.
added 2004-11-01 09:58:12 | edited 2004-11-01 09:58:12
Tonal Domains:
Tone Interactions:
Other Notes:
Bibliography:
by - 2000
document type: article
notes: Information from my own informant work.
document type: article
notes: Information from my own informant work.
added 2004-11-01 09:53:18 | edited 2004-11-01 09:53:18
Cite this page as:
XTone Database Article on Lai (Thlantlang). Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=114
XTone Database Article on Lai (Thlantlang). Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=114
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