Verse:Mwail/Ryooteq: Difference between revisions
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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 | 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/. | ||