Cantone Information

Cantone helps you to put the tones in tonal languages. Cantone helps learners learn to perceive or speak tones in Cantonese or Mandarin - and reinforces this knowledge with vocabulary and tone sandhi activities. We offer support for * both traditional and simplified characters. * multiple transcription systems (Cantonese: Jyutping and Yale; Mandarin: Pinyin and bopomofo) * different languages for the user interface: English, German, Mandarin, and Cantonese. * light mode and dark mode By following our learning system: * Tones and words are introduced incrementally. * You move on to more advanced topics when ready. * You can track your progression and compare with fellow learners. You can also simply practice the tones that you already know. Perception training and games tone your abilities to distinguish tones from each other: * Hear sounds and guess the tones. * Match sounds to corresponding tone or word labels. Production activities help you to say tones: * Personalize the system to you and your voice. * Listen to exemplars adjusted to your vocal range. * Listen to and match points in a tonal contour. * Follow tone contours at a slower speed with pitch feedback. * Plot attempts against canonical tone contours. Vocabulary activities reinforce your knowledge through words. * Learn words that differ in tone only (e.g. 買 vs. 賣). * Match words by tone, definition, character, and pronunciation. Tone Sandhi activities reinforce knowledge of tone changes. * Learn tone change rules. * Listen to characters and predict the tones when the characters are put together. Enjoy! P.S. If you encounter bugs, please let me know at cantone.app@gmail.com, and I'll try to get back to you (and the bug) as quickly as possible. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cantone.cantone iOS/iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cantone/id1602297692