根据实验语音学的方法, 运用Praat语音分析软件对恩施城区方言单字音的音高、调长等进行研究, 客观描写该方言声调的实际情况。恩施城区方言四个声调的调值分别为阴平35、阳平22、上声53、去声113。声调的时长模式为阳平>去声>上声>阴平, 或者去声>阳平>阴平>上声。
In order to objectively represent the tone in Enshi downtown dialect, the author adopts the methods of of experimental phonetics and uses the Praat tone analysis software to analyze the pitch, duration of the dialect's monosyllabic tone. According to the analysis, the tone pitch of the dialect is: Yinping 35, Yangping 22, Shangsheng 53, Qusheng 113. The duration pattern is: Yangping >Qusheng > Shangsheng > Yinping, or Qusheng > Yangping > Yinping > Shangsheng.