Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions

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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 there is only one high-marked syllable, it is assumed to be tonic.
#If there is only one high-marked syllable, it is understood as tonic.


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.