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- 英語 (美國)
- 中文 (繁體,臺灣)
- 英語 (美國)
- 中文 (繁體,臺灣)
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Some linguists propose that Proto-Chinese did not have tones. Many linguists think that tones arose as a result of contraction of terminal consonants as a way to distinguish words that sound similar.
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@ngistks Unlike Mandarin most syllables of Cantonese have coda, but they still have tones. I guess you mean coda by terminal consonants.
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有點不自然
@ja6olx I'm not sure how much Mandarin and Cantonese you know, but here's an example. Modern Mandarin lost certain Middle Chinese terminal consonants such as "p", "t", "k". The Chinese character for country國 is gwok in Cantonese, and the Chinese character for passing is 過 gwo. In Mandarin, both characters are guo. The only difference is in the tone. Old Chinese may have additional terminal consonants such as "s". The contraction of these final consonants could have resulted in the generation of tones.
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