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 Asaari uses a a system of '''tonic accent''', or [[w:pitch accent|pitch accent]]. A tonic accent is different to stress accent in that the prominent syllable in the word is distinguished by [[w:tone|tone]] rather than volume. The tonic accent is also different to a purely tonal system in that the number of tonal syllables in a word is limited.
-In Asaari, there is at most tonic tonic syllables in a word. The position of the tonic syllable determines the tonal pattern of the whole word. The distinction is binary, that is, a tonic syllable may be either high or low.
+In Asaari, there is at most one tonic syllable in a word. The position of the tonic syllable determines the tonal pattern of the whole word. The distinction is binary, that is, a tonic syllable may be either high or low.
-The [[Proto-Tanisi]] language, PT, had a moraic stress system, where the first heavy was stressed. In Asaari, this is largely irrelevant. Instead, depending on which syllable had a voiceless plosive or a nasal coda, the syllable became tonic. Syllables with a plosive coda got a high pitch, and nasal codas got a low pitch.
+The [[Proto-Tanisi]] language, PT, had a moraic stress system, where the first heavy was stressed. In Asaari, this is largely irrelevant. Instead, depending on which syllable had a voiceless plosive or a nasal coda, the syllable became tonic. Syllables with a plosive coda got a high pitch, and nasal codas got a low pitch. The low pitch is marked with a [[w:grave accent|grave accent]] and the high one with an [[w:acute accent|acute accent]].
 *For example, the PT word {{sc|hagiakis}} */ha.'gjakis/ recieved a high pitch on the second syllable when Asaari developed.
-**/ha.'gjakis/ > /ajáːʔ/ - ''yellow''
+**{{sc|hagiakis}} /ha.'gjakis/ > '''ayáah''' /ajáːʔ/ - ''yellow''
 *The word {{sc|tiana}} */'tjan.a/ on the other hand got a low pitch.
-**/'tjan.a/ > /tsà/ - ''hell''
+** {{sc|tiana}} /'tjan.a/ > '''tsà''' /tsà/ - ''hell''
+In PT words where there were both nasal codas and plosive codas, the high tone gets prominence. The low tone is still marked, however.
+*An example is the Proto-Tanisi word {{sc|satram}} */'satram/, where the low pitch is omitted.
+** {{sc|satram}} /'satram/ > '''sárà''' /sáɣa/ - ''hollow''
-=====Glottal and nasal syllables=====
+Proto-Tanisi words and syllable structure has deteriorated to become Asaari, thus giving rise to a multitude of minimal pairs. The following table gives an overview over the misunderstandings that could arise if the wrong pitch is chosen.
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 550px; text-align:center"
+|+'''Minimal pairs of tonic accent'''
+!Without diacritics
+! colspan="2"|High
+! colspan="2"| Low
+! colspan="2"|Accentless
+|-
+! colspan="7"|First syllable
+|-
+|''tsa''
+|/tsá/||language
+|/tsà/||hell||/tsa/
+|who
+|-
+|''ayaa''
+|/ájaː/||oyster
+|/àjaː/||oh, right!||/ajaː/
+|fish
+|-
+|''mati''
+|/máti/||work
+|/màti/||sad|| -
+| -
+|-
+! colspan="7"|Second syllable
+|-
+|''ayaah''
+|/ajáː/||yellow
+|/ajàː/||lamp||/ajaː/
+|fish
+|-
+|''mati''
+|/matí/||big
+|/matì/||morning paper|| -
+| -
+|}
+=====Compunding=====
+A word may have only one tonic syllable per word. This is not the case of compund words or when affixes added, however.
+=====Tonic influence=====
+Syllables adjacent to pitched syllables are not completely accentless. Instead, they are affected by the nearby tonic accent.
+=====Tonic register=====
 The [[Proto-Tanisi]] language, had a regular [[w:moraic stress| moraic stress system]] which degenerated as the Asaari system evolved. The Proto-Tanisi language stressed the third mora, but in the Asaari language much of the tonic accent is affected by so called '''glottal''' and '''nasal''' syllables.