Dong (Northern)
DOC | Guizhou, China | Entry created by David Mortensen | UC Berkeley
Representation of Tones:
- 9 underlying tones: /35/, /11/, /22/, /33/, /13/, /31/, /55/, /25/, /44/
- 9 surface tones: [35], [11], [22], [33], [13], [31], [55], [25], [44]
- Tone bearing unit: syllable
Tonal Rules and Alternations:
Tonal Domains:
Tone Interactions:
Consonant Interactions:
Consonant alternations (lenition) triggered within numeral-classifier constructions trigger tonal alternations. Tone /55/ -> /25/ and tone /35/ -> /11/.
added 2004-10-05 11:47:17 | edited 2004-10-05 11:47:17
Other Notes:
Bibliography:
The Dong Language in Guizhou Province, China by Long Yaohong and Zheng Guoqiao - 1998
document type: book
publisher: SIL and University of Texas at Arlington
address: Dallas
notes: Translated from Chinese by D. Norman Geary.
document type: book
publisher: SIL and University of Texas at Arlington
address: Dallas
notes: Translated from Chinese by D. Norman Geary.
added 2004-10-05 11:32:37 | edited 2004-10-05 11:32:37
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XTone Database Article on Dong (Northern). Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=94
XTone Database Article on Dong (Northern). Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=94
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