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==Tones== | ==Tones== | ||
'Ináwah technically only has two tones (high and neutral), but adjacent, identical vowels with contrasting tones may produce rising or falling tones with long vowel length in lax speech. A high tone is the marked tone and is denoted in romanization by an acute acent. | 'Ináwah technically only has two tones (high and neutral), but adjacent, identical vowels with contrasting tones may produce rising or falling tones with long vowel length in lax speech. A high tone is the marked tone and is denoted in romanization by an acute acent.<br> | ||
Examples:<br> | |||
Examples: | |||
niʔí > nǐː<br> | niʔí > nǐː<br> | ||
nasúʔubá > nasûːubá | nasúʔubá > nasûːubá | ||