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===Intonation=== | ===Intonation=== | ||
A stressed short vowel has a high pitch | ====Word level==== | ||
*A stressed short vowel has a high pitch. | |||
*A stressed long vowel or diphthong has a falling pitch but ends in a higher pitch than unstressed vowels. | |||
*Unstressed vowels have low pitch. | |||
====Clause level==== | |||
*Pitch drops at the end of a sentence. | |||
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*neutral: level intonation | *neutral: level intonation |
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