Tone inventory in Regal Dòn Proper

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Regal Dòn Proper A language spoken by Hashka, hyena people. Big tone inventory, serial verb construction, more words for smells than colours, any noun or adjective may be inflected as a verb.
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Tone inventory

		Numerical notation	IPA notation	Ortho
Short	Low	1	˩	a
Short	High	4	˦	á
Long	Low	11	˩	aa
	High	44	˦	áa
	Light rising	23	˨˧	aá
	Light falling	31	˧˩	àa
	Heavy rising	35	˧˥	áá
	Heavy falling	52	˥˨	àà
	Glottalised rising	35ˀ	˧˥ˀ	aʼá
	Glottalised falling	52ˀ	˥˨ˀ	àʼa
	Convex	253	˨˥˧	áà
	Concave	314	˧˩˦	àá

RDP Tone Sandhi

Connecting rule (atonal vowels)

The connecting rule governs how atonal vowels behave.

If an atonal vowel is in the first syllable of a word, it may be realised as low. This may also be the case if the word is monosyllabic.
If an atonal vowel is not in the first syllable of a word, it may take on different forms depending on the preceding syllable's tone.

2a. If an atonal vowel is preceded by a high, concave or any rising tone, it may be realised as high.

2b. If an atonal vowel is preceded by a low, convex or any falling tone, it may be realised as low.

Clamping rule (contour tones)

The clamping rule governs how contours behave when surrounded by other contours. If a word contains two rising or falling tones of the same type in a row, the second tone becomes simple.