Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions
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In the varieties closest to Standard Ăn Yidiș, stressed syllables are pronounced ~1.3 times as long as unstressed ones. Questions do not differ from declaratives in intonation. In exclamations the intonation is more exaggerated than normal. | In the varieties closest to Standard Ăn Yidiș, stressed syllables are pronounced ~1.3 times as long as unstressed ones. Questions do not differ from declaratives in intonation. In exclamations the intonation is more exaggerated than normal. | ||
'''Dě''' | ēfșăr lùm '''ró''' | cdēy ăd-'''thêyằr'''? 'What can I say to describe you?' (the peak of ''cdey ăd-theyăr'' is higher than that of ''efșăr lum | '''Dě''' | ēfșăr lùm '''ró''' | cdēy ăd-'''thêyằr'''? 'What can I say to describe you?' (the peak of ''cdey ăd-theyăr'' is higher than that of ''efșăr lum ro'') | ||
(Unmarked syllables are on a roughly linear pitch gradient between the ones marked for pitch with tone diacritics) | (Unmarked syllables are on a roughly linear pitch gradient between the ones marked for pitch with tone diacritics) | ||