Verse:Mwail/Anbirese: Difference between revisions
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===Pitch accent=== | ===Pitch accent=== | ||
Pitch accent is phonemic in Anbirese, and often distinguishes different grammatical forms of the same word. | Pitch accent is phonemic in Standard Anbirese, and often distinguishes different grammatical forms of the same word. | ||
Each word has one of two possible pitch accents: | Each word has one of two possible pitch accents: | ||
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*''skaen'' /skěn/ (rising tone) = 'a friend (sg)'; ''n skaen'' /ən skěn/ = 'the friend' | *''skaen'' /skěn/ (rising tone) = 'a friend (sg)'; ''n skaen'' /ən skěn/ = 'the friend' | ||
*''skáen'' /skén/ (high tone) = 'friends (pl)'; ''n skáen'' /ən skén/ = 'the friends' | *''skáen'' /skén/ (high tone) = 'friends (pl)'; ''n skáen'' /ən skén/ = 'the friends' | ||
A handful of dialects lack pitch accent. | |||
==Dialectology== | ==Dialectology== | ||