Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA24358 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 13:52:42 +0200 Message-Id: <199512131152.NAA24358@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 57A92195 ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:52:37 +0100 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 11:54:25 GMT Reply-To: Don Wiggins Sender: Lojban list From: Don Wiggins Subject: Re: 2Re: CPE: la DAOdeiJIN To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 637 Lines: 13 > > 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.