ext_21044 ([identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2006-05-16 05:27 pm (UTC)

Yes and no. There are three tone diacritics, but arguably there are only three phonemic tones which, when combined with two tone registers, give one a total of six register complexes (or five if you're a Southerner who merges the ngã and hỏi tones).
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