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===Tumakan===
===Tumakan===
The Tumakan dialect has a pitch accent system which may be the most complex in Talma: The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes like Swedish, giving 3 or 4 tonal distinctions in total. Tumakan uses an RP-type pronunciation for R-colored vowels:
The Tumakan dialect has a pitch accent system which may be the most complex in any Talman language: The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes like Swedish, giving 3 or 4 tonal distinctions in total. Tumakan uses an RP-type pronunciation for R-colored vowels:
*or, òr, ò /oː(ɹ)/
*or, òr, ò /oː(ɹ)/
*ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/
*ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/
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