Tone letter

Register tones
˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩
IPA Number519–523
Entity (decimal)˥–˩
Encoding
Unicode (hex)U+02E5–U+02E9
Level tones
˥ ˧ ˩
˥ ˩
Long level-tone letters are commonly used for non-checked syllables and short letters for checked syllables, though this is not an IPA distinction.
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Rising and falling tones[1]
˩˥ ˧˥ ˨˦ ˩˧ ˩˩˧
˥˩ ˥˧ ˦˨ ˧˩ ˥˥˧
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Peaking and dipping tones[1]
˩˥˧ ˧˥˩ ˧˥˧ ˩˧˩
˥˩˧ ˧˩˥ ˥˧˥ ˧˩˧
˨˦˨ ˦˨˦ ˨˩˧꜔꜓꜕
Contour-tone letters are composed as sequences:
˥ ˧˥˧, ˧ ˩ ˧˧˩˧
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Tone letters are letters that represent the tones of a language, most commonly in languages with contour tones.

  1. ^ a b A great deal more combinations than these are possible. These examples are only slightly expanded from the limited set of ligatures suggested by Chao for broad phonetic notation, where mid-high and mid-low tones combine only with each other, and level does not combine with rising or falling.