Asian Language Tones
April 24, 2023•111 words
A summary from personal experience：
Chinese Pủtong (5 tones)
ma, má, mả, mạ (exists but not in official tones), mà.
Examples of mạ and mà:
- 妈妈，姐姐骂我！ (mạ)
- 再见！ (zài jiàn)
Chinese Cantonese (5 tones)
Officially known as 6 or 9 but some are the same.
ma, má, mả, mạ, mà.
Cantonese tones: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxpskpEMipGswcxKItWy5dJphjMMXY9ts_
2,4,5 are the same，
6 is a bit different from 245 with a grave-accent after [ỉ],
8,9 are the same:
saam1 wun2 sai3 ngau4 naam5 min6 jat7 baak8 dip9
saam wủn sài ngảu naảm mỉn ját baạk dịp
Vietnamese (6 tones)
ma, má, mả, mạ, mà, mã (non-existing in Chinese).