Experimental Research on the Monosyllabic Tones of Hong Gu Dialect
			
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				DOI: 10.23977/etemss.2018.1626			
			
				Author(s)
				Hongjie Wang, Yonghong Li
			 
			
				
Corresponding Author
				Yonghong Li			
			
				
ABSTRACT
				This paper uses the method of experimental phonetics to analyze the tones of Tianshui dialect. Finally, it is found that the tone of Hong Gu dialect is very special and there are only two tones, PingQu (24 and Shang (51. Its tone evolution is very simple. Ping, the voiced of Shang, Qu and Ru are merged into a rising tone. The voiceless and secondary voiced of Shang merged into a falling tone.			
			
				
KEYWORDS
				Hong Gu dialect, Monosyllabic tones, Experimental phonetics