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*Vocative and ergative cases as well as inflections with long vowels make an exception: ''dothee'' /dəˈθe:/ (by the man), ''dothé'' /dəˈθɛ/ (O man), ''gatóo'' /gɑˈtɔ:/ (to the house) | *Vocative and ergative cases as well as inflections with long vowels make an exception: ''dothee'' /dəˈθe:/ (by the man), ''dothé'' /dəˈθɛ/ (O man), ''gatóo'' /gɑˈtɔ:/ (to the house) | ||
Interrogatives are formed by changing the primary stress onto the first syllable and a rising pitch. This is indicated with ¿: ''¿Eikepoi?'' /ˈei̯.ke.pœi̯/ (Did you wash it?) | Interrogatives are formed by changing the primary stress onto the first syllable and a rising or dipping pitch. This is indicated with ¿: ''¿Eikepoi?'' /ˈei̯.ke.pœi̯/ (Did you wash it?) | ||
==Morphophonology== | ==Morphophonology== |
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