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===Pitch accent=== | ===Pitch accent=== | ||
Pitch accent is phonemic in Anbirese. It often distinguishes different grammatical forms of the same word. | Pitch accent is phonemic in Anbirese. It often distinguishes different grammatical forms of the same word. | ||
For example: | |||
*''skaen'' /skěn/ = 'a friend (sg)'; ''n skaen'' /n skěn/ = 'the friend' | |||
*''skàen'' /skèn/ = 'friends (pl)'; ''neo skaen'' /nə skèn' = 'the friends' | |||
==Dialectology== | ==Dialectology== | ||