Tonal Notation of Indic scripts in Mainland Southeast Asia
Tonal Notation of Indic scripts in Mainland Southeast Asia
Tonal Notation of Indic scripts in Mainland Southeast Asia
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‘Heavy’ and ‘Creaky’: these names should always be complemented<br />
with the phrase ‘the tonal class correspond<strong>in</strong>g to ... <strong>of</strong> Mod.B’.<br />
2.2 <strong>Tonal</strong> dist<strong>in</strong>ction <strong>in</strong> the current Burmese orthography<br />
The three tones are fully dist<strong>in</strong>guished for each rhyme <strong>in</strong> Modern<br />
Burmese script. However, the system <strong>of</strong> tonal notation is not so ‘systematic’<br />
as that <strong>of</strong> Thai script. Below are the examples with <strong>in</strong>itial consonant<br />
/k-/.<br />
(9) /-a/ /-i/ /-u/ /-e/<br />
/Level/ kA {kaa} k¯ {kii} kU {kuu} ek {ke}<br />
/Heavy/ kA:{kaa:} k¯:{kii:} kU:{kuu:} ek:{ke:}<br />
/Creaky/ k {ka} k˘ {ki} ku {ku} ekä< {ke.}<br />
/-E/ /-O/ /-o/ /-Vð/<br />
/Level/ k`y¸{kay’} ekA’{ko’} kui<br />
{kui} kN¸ {VN} etc.<br />
/Heavy/ k`X<br />
{kaY} ekA{ko} kui:{kui:}<br />
kN¸:{VN:} etc.<br />
/Creaky/ k`Xä<br />
{kaY.} ekAä
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