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| Closing diphthongs: '''ai''' '''ao''' /au/ '''oi''' '''ui'''<br/> | | Closing diphthongs: '''ai''' '''ao''' /au/ '''oi''' '''ui'''<br/> |
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| ===Tone=== | | ===Suprasegmentals=== |
| Pitch accent, or tone, is phonemic in {{PAGENAME}}. Each word has a phonemic downstep position. The following is the notation for tones:
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Short
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Long
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Diphthong
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| ! style="" |Unmarked
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| | '''ā''' /aa/
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| | '''ai''' /ai/
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| ! style="" |Acute accent
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| | '''á''' /aꜜ/
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| | '''ā́''' /aaꜜ/
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| | '''aí''' /aiꜜ/
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| ! style="" |Circumflex accent
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| | '''-'''
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| | '''ā̂''' /aꜜa/
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| | '''ái''' /aꜜi/
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| ===Phonotactics=== | | ===Phonotactics=== |