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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
/a i u a: i: u: ai au ə/ '''a i u â î û ai au e''' | |||
/ə/ is a common outcome of vowel reduction and can only occur in unstressed syllables. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Revision as of 11:17, 23 June 2017
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
/a i u a: i: u: ai au ə/ a i u â î û ai au e
/ə/ is a common outcome of vowel reduction and can only occur in unstressed syllables.
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Tłkaw has a distinctive intonation paradigm, similar to Irish English or Valspeak.
- In declarative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word (if there is no focused constituent, the last word) has a lower pitch than the immediately preceding syllable. ("...mid ꜜ LOW mid...") This originates from discursive uptalk in older forms of Tłkaw, which has since generalized to all declarative sentences. A few relatively isolated accents do not use this pattern.
- In interrogative sentences, the stressed syllable of the focus word has a higher pitch than the syllable immediately before. ("... mid ꜛ HIGH mid ... ?")
- In exclamations, the pattern is "... mid ꜜ LOW-HIGH mid ... !", possibly with a gradual drop to low pitch in the end. Angry or indignant questions also use an exclamatory intonation.