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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: | 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 | *ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/ | ||
*er, èr, our /ɜː(ɹ)/ | *er, èr, our /ɜː(ɹ)/ | ||
*ir, ìr, iur, iùr /(j)ɜː(ɹ)/ | *ir, ìr, iur, iùr /(j)ɜː(ɹ)/ | ||
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*ur, ùr /wɜː(ɹ)/ | *ur, ùr /wɜː(ɹ)/ | ||
*eir, ier, ièr /ɛː(ɹ)/ | *eir, ier, ièr /ɛː(ɹ)/ | ||
*air, aor, our /ajə(ɹ), awə(ɹ), əw(ɹ)/ | |||
*final -ar = final -a = /a(ɹ)/ | *final -ar = final -a = /a(ɹ)/ | ||
*final -er = final -e = /ə(ɹ)/ | *final -er = final -e = /ə(ɹ)/ | ||