Chart Showing the Relationship Between Syllable Types (Live vs. Dead), Written Tone Marks (,) and The Five Tones of Vientiane Speech (Low Rising/Falling; High Rising/Falling; High Mid)

TONE CHART

	Smooth/Live Syllables*			Checked/Dead Syllables**
Written Tone Marks	Inherent Tone	Tone 1/	Tone 2/	Long Vowel	Short Vowel
Syllable-Initial Consonant Class
High Classs ຂ ສ ຖ ຜ ຝ ຫ	LOW RISING   4	HIGH MID    #	LOW FALLING   3	LOW    FALLING   3	HIGH RISING   2
Middle Class ກ ຈ ດ ຕ ບ ປ ຢ ອ	LOW RISING   4	HIGH MID    #	HIGH FALLING    1	LOW   FALLING    3	HIGH RISING   2
Low Class ຄ ຊ ທ ພ ຟ ຮ ງ  ຍ ນ ມ ຣ ລ ວ	HIGH RISING   2	HIGH MID    #	HIGH FALLING     1	HIGH FALLING   1	HIGH MID    #

**Checked/Dead syllables in in a final -p, -t, -k, or -? (glottal) sound.

*Smooth/Live syllables end in a long vowel or -m,-n,  -N, -r, -l, , -w, -i, -y.

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