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===Pitch accent=== | ===Pitch accent=== | ||
Pitch accent is phonemic in Anbirese, and often distinguishes different grammatical forms of the same word. | Pitch accent is phonemic in Anbirese, and often distinguishes different grammatical forms of the same word. | ||
Each word two possible pitch accents: | |||
*Rising (or low, or peaking): starts low, unmarked | |||
*High level: falls off word-finally, transcribed with an acute accent | |||
For example: | For example: | ||
*''skaen'' /skěn/ (rising | *''skaen'' /skěn/ (rising tone) = 'a friend (sg)'; ''n skaen'' /n skěn/ = 'the friend' | ||
*''skáen'' /skén/ (high tone | *''skáen'' /skén/ (high tone) = 'friends (pl)'; ''eo skáen'' /ə skén/ = 'the friends' | ||
==Dialectology== | ==Dialectology== | ||