| ## Suprasegmentals | ## Suprasegmentals | ||||
| ### Stress | |||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | | |||||
| |---------|--------|------------------| | |||||
| | `st1` | ˈ◌ | primary stress | | |||||
| | `st2` | ˌ◌ | secondary stress | | |||||
| | `st3` | ˈˈ◌ | extra stress | | |||||
| ### Length | ### Length | ||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | | | Feature | Symbol | Name | | ||||
| | `hlg` | ◌ˑ | half-long | | | `hlg` | ◌ˑ | half-long | | ||||
| | `lng` | ◌ː | long | | | `lng` | ◌ː | long | | ||||
| ### Rhythm | |||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | | |||||
| |---------|--------|-------------------| | |||||
| | `sbr` | ◌.◌ | syllable break | | |||||
| | `lnk` | ◌‿◌ | linked (no break) | | |||||
| ### Intonation | |||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | | |||||
| |---------|--------|--------------------------| | |||||
| | `fbr` | | | minor (foot) break | | |||||
| | `ibr` | ‖ | major (intonation) break | | |||||
| | `glr` | ↗ | global rise | | |||||
| | `glf` | ↘ | global fall | | |||||
| ### Tone Stepping | |||||
| | Feature | Symbol | Name | | |||||
| |---------|--------|-------------| | |||||
| | `ust` | ꜛ◌ | upstep | | |||||
| | `dst` | ꜜ◌ | downstep | | |||||
| ### Tones | |||||
| Tones are defined using the following 3 properties: | |||||
| tone_start <value> | |||||
| tone_middle <value> | |||||
| tone_end <value> | |||||
| The `<value>` field for these properties is a number with one of the following | |||||
| values: | |||||
| | Tone | Symbol | `<value>` | | |||||
| |--------------------|--------|-----------| | |||||
| | extra high (top) | ◌˥ | `5` | | |||||
| | high | ◌˦ | `4` | | |||||
| | mid | ◌˧ | `3` | | |||||
| | low | ◌˨ | `2` | | |||||
| | extra low (bottom) | ◌˩ | `1` | | |||||
| A *level* tone can be specified by just using the `tone_start` value. A *raising* | |||||
| or *falling* tone can be specified using the `tone_start` and `tone_end` values. | |||||
| A *raising-falling* (*peaking*) or *falling-raising* (*dipping*) tone can be | |||||
| specified using all three values. | |||||
| ## References | ## References | ||||
| 1. <a name="ref1"></a> Kirshenbaum, Evan, | 1. <a name="ref1"></a> Kirshenbaum, Evan, |