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===Tones=== | ===Tones=== | ||
Pókutìi has | Pókutìi has five distinct tones: low, mid, high, rising and falling which alter the pitch of the neighbouring syllables as well (tone sandhi). In romanization these are shown with acute accent (high & rising in long) and grave accent (low & falling in long): á [á], à [à], aá [ǎ:] and aà [â:]. | ||
Dipping and peaking tones arise from tone sandhi (?) | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== |
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