<p>Taking the character 呣 for instance, we can have things like:</p>

<ul>
<li>m̄</li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>叹词, 表示疑问。如：呣, 你说什么？(汉语大词典)</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li>ḿ</li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>歎詞﹐用法同嗯﹐表示疑問﹑不以為然或出乎意外：呣﹐他去幹甚麼？(Longman’s)</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li>m̀</li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>歎詞﹐用法同嗯﹐表示答應﹑應諾：呣﹐我這就去。(Longman’s)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There is also record of a <em>neutral</em> toned 呣:</p>

<ul>
<li>m</li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>叹词, 表示应诺。如：呣, 我知道了。(汉语大词典)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>——</p>

<p>嗯 similarly can give us things like:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>ń</p></li>
<li><p>ň</p></li>
<li><p>ǹ</p></li>
</ul>

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2018-09-23T14:10:20.630Z
I would like to add on to this by saying that nasal sounds consonants are the only ones with these stressed tones.
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Also, if someone is concerned that these syllables are only "marginal" in Mandarin phonology, there are more examples in Shanghainese. 无 is, I believe, also a syllabic m (with associated tone). 是 is phonetically a syllabic z, but phonologically might be analyzed differently. In any event, tones can only be attached to syllables, so most consonants won't have an attached tone.
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m/ng is also prevalent in Cantonese.
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<p>Wondering if there is such thing as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(linguistics)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">stress</a> on a consonant, e.g. <code>t́</code>, <code>ĺ</code>, <code>ḿ</code>, <code>ś</code>, <code>ʃ́</code>... If so, what the example language would be. I haven't seen any on Wikipedia.</p>

<p>Same thing for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tone</a>, I haven't seen any tones specified for consonants, only vowels. So using pinyin, maybe like <code>ť</code>, <code>š</code>...</p>

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Consider post it on linguistics.stackexchange.com not here
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Example of stress or tone on a consonant
# Example of stress or tone on a consonant

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-22)

Wondering if there is such thing as [stress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(linguistics)) on a consonant, e.g. `t́`, `ĺ`, `ḿ`, `ś`, `ʃ́`... If so, what the example language would be. I haven't seen any on Wikipedia.

Same thing for [tone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)), I haven't seen any tones specified for consonants, only vowels. So using pinyin, maybe like `ť`, `š`...

**Tags:** tones, orthography

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Consider post it on linguistics.stackexchange.com not here  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-09-23. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Taking the character 呣 for instance, we can have things like:

* m̄

> 叹词, 表示疑问。如：呣, 你说什么？(汉语大词典)

* ḿ

> 歎詞﹐用法同嗯﹐表示疑問﹑不以為然或出乎意外：呣﹐他去幹甚麼？(Longman’s)

* m̀

> 歎詞﹐用法同嗯﹐表示答應﹑應諾：呣﹐我這就去。(Longman’s)

There is also record of a *neutral* toned 呣:

* m

> 叹词, 表示应诺。如：呣, 我知道了。(汉语大词典)

——

嗯 similarly can give us things like:

* ń
* ň
* ǹ

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: I would like to add on to this by saying that nasal sounds consonants are the only ones with these stressed tones.  
> **username_4**: Also, if someone is concerned that these syllables are only "marginal" in Mandarin phonology, there are more examples in Shanghainese. 无 is, I believe, also a syllabic m (with associated tone). 是 is phonetically a syllabic z, but phonologically might be analyzed differently. In any event, tones can only be attached to syllables, so most consonants won't have an attached tone.  
> **username_5**: m/ng is also prevalent in Cantonese.  

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