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 ===Prosody===
+====Intonation====
+Qino has a pitch accent system. The tone-bearing unit is the mora. There are two tones: high and low. These are only distinguished in stressed syllables. In this article, high tone is indicated with an acute accent, while low tone is indicated by its absence.
+Long vowels comprise two moras. Only one of these can bear a high tone. Therefore, there are three possibilities: low (''aa''), falling (''áa''), and rising (''aá'').
+Tone is not indicated in the Arabic script except word-finally, which is where it is most important.
 ====Stress====
-Qino has a pitch accent system. If a word contains a syllable with a high/rising/falling tone, that syllable is stressed (if there are multiple, primary stress falls on the final). If the word consists exclusively of low tones, stress falls on the final "long" syllable (i.e. syllable that is closed and/or contains a long vowel), or on the initial syllable if all are short.
+If a word contains a syllable with a high/rising/falling tone (indicated with an accute accent), that syllable is stressed. If there are multiple, primary stress falls on the final. If the word consists exclusively of low tones, stress falls on the final "long" syllable (i.e. syllable that is closed and/or contains a long vowel), or on the initial syllable if all are short.
 ====Intonation====