˩
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Translingual
Symbol
˩
- (IPA) A symbol representing an (extra-)low (bottom) tone.
Usage notes
- In the illustrations of the IPA Handbook, this letter may come before a word or syllable to indicate prosodic pitch, and after a word or syllable to indicate lexical tone.
- When this symbol occurs in combination with other tone letters, they indicate the pitch contour of the tone. For example, ˩˩ means an extra-high level tone, and ˨˩˦ means one that begins low, then goes extra-low and ends high.
Related terms
- ˥
- ˦
- ˧
- ˨
See also
Tone letter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia