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##If the downstep occurs after a long syllable (syllable with a long vowel or diphthong), the syllable is rising in a low-tone word, and high in a high-tone word. | ##If the downstep occurs after a long syllable (syllable with a long vowel or diphthong), the syllable is rising in a low-tone word, and high in a high-tone word. | ||
##If the downstep occurs between the two morae of a long syllable, the syllable has falling tone. | ##If the downstep occurs between the two morae of a long syllable, the syllable has falling tone. | ||
#If the first syllable | #If the first syllable is tonic, the second syllable is marked as low. | ||
If the downstep occurred word-finally, the first syllable of a following high tone word would have slightly lower pitch. In [[w:Pausa|pausa]], a word final high short syllable is realized as a falling, short vowel. | If the downstep occurred word-finally, the first syllable of a following high tone word would have slightly lower pitch. In [[w:Pausa|pausa]], a word final high short syllable is realized as a falling, short vowel. |
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