How many tones does GuangZhou Cantonese have?
I some online sources say 7, other say 6. Can some settle this for me.
Thank you

Question

How many tones does GuangZhou Cantonese have? 
I some online sources say 7, other say 6. Can some settle this for me.
Thank you

Answer

I have carried out a psycholinguistic experiment to show that there are are 6 tones in Cantonese speakers' mind. 
Please refer to 
http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2011_plrt_paper.pdf
for the detailed experiment.

Patrick Chu, PhD (http://www.patrickchu.net)

Answer

As I remember,, its 8.  but the website shows its 6. http://baike.baidu.com/view/197269.htm check it out. I speak Cantonese but I have never learned the tones.

Answer

actually it has 6 tones. some articles may say it has 9 tones. but in linguistics, the other 3 tones are not considered "tone", they are "入声".

so Guangzhou cantonese has 九声六调.

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