From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:45:28 2010 Reply-To: Don Wiggins Sender: Lojban list Date: Wed Dec 13 07:07:05 1995 From: Don Wiggins Subject: Re: 2Re: CPE: la DAOdeiJIN To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Wed Dec 13 07:07:05 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Message-ID: > > I wonder, though, if the final could be chosen depending on the tone, > > so that it won't be lost in the lojbanisation.) > > The hypothetical derivation of tones from lost finals in Old Chinese > would suggest "-x" for Mandarin third tone and "-s" for Mandarin fourth > tone (Middle Chinese tones 3 and 5 respectively), but I don't know what > to suggest for 1st and 2nd tone. The Chinese have names for the tones which are just ordinary words. The only two I can remember off-hand are qu4 (to go), the fourth tone, and hing1 (light), the neutral tone. These would suggest tc from tcu and x from xin, respectively. co'omi'e dn.