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| /˥/ (55)
| /˥/ (55)
| high
| high
| ''kā'' /kɑ˥/ 'short'
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| /˧/ (33)
| /˧/ (33)
| mid
| mid
| ''ka'' /kɑ˧/ 'to take'
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| /˩/ (11)
| /˩/ (11)
| low
| low
| ''ka̱'' /kɑ˩/ 'to exhale'
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| Often marked by vocal fry.
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| '''a̗'''
| '''a̗'''
| /˩˥/ (13)
| /˩˧/ (13)
| low-rise
| low-rise
| ''ka̗'' /kɑ˩˥/ 'roof'
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| Often begins with vocal fry. May be realized as [˩˦] (14), or even [˨˦] (24) in rapid speech.
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| '''á'''
| '''á'''
| /˧˥/ (35)
| /˧˥/ (35)
| mid-rise
| mid-rise
| ''ká'' /kɑ˧˥/ 'fencepost'
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| '''à'''
| '''à'''
| /˥˩/ (53)
| /˥˧/ (53)
| high-fall
| high-fall
| ''kà'' /kɑ˥˩/ 'crow, raven; (ideophone) caw'
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| May be realized as [˥˧] (53).
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| '''a̖'''
| '''a̖'''
| /˧˩/ (31)
| /˧˩/ (31)
| mid-fall
| mid-fall
| ''ka̖'' /kɑ˧˩/ 'finger'
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| '''a̬'''
| '''a̬'''
| /˨˩˨/ (323)
| /˧˨˧/ (323)
| dip
| dip
| ''ka̬'' /kɑ˨˩˨/ 'oil, fat, grease'
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Often realized as [˩˨] (12) in rapid speech.
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| '''â'''
| '''â'''
| /˧˦˧/ (453)
| /˦˥˧/ (453)
| peak
| peak
| ''kâ'' /kɑ˧˦˧/ 'to imprint, to stamp'
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| May be [˨˧˨] (232). Often realized as [˦˩] (41) or [˦˨] (42) in rapid speech.
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==== Tone diachronics ====
==== Tone diachronics ====