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Standard High {{PAGENAME}} has a pitch accent system - every word will have at least one high pitched mora but may have more than one, especially in longer words. A mora with high pitch is marked with an acute accent.
Standard High {{PAGENAME}} has a pitch accent system - every word will have at least one high pitched mora but may have more than one, especially in longer words. A mora with high pitch is marked with an acute accent.


Other Sjowaázh lects have different tonal systems or none. For example, the Cyamányeh topolect has a simple pitch accent system like that of Ancient Greek – namely, only one mora per word receives high pitch.
Other Sjowaázh lects have different tonal systems or none. For example, the Cyamányeh lect has no tone.
 
Conservative Modern High Sjowaázh has vestiges of the Classical Sjowaázh 3-tone system in its intonation.
 
===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
Sjowaázh allows the following initial clusters: ''sb sd sj sjh sjy sgy sg'' /sˑp sˑt sˑts ʂˑtʂ ɕˑtɕ sˑc sˑk/.
Sjowaázh allows the following initial clusters: ''sb sd sj sjh sjy sgy sg'' /sˑp sˑt sˑts ʂˑtʂ ɕˑtɕ sˑc sˑk/.