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====Tonic accent==== | ====Tonic accent==== | ||
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Asaari uses a a system of '''tonic accent''', or [[w:pitch accent|pitch accent]]. A tonic accent is different to stress accent in that the prominent syllable in the word is distinguished by [[tone]] rather than volume. The tonic accent is also different to a purely tonal system in that the number of tonal syllables in a word is limited. | Asaari uses a a system of '''tonic accent''', or [[w:pitch accent|pitch accent]]. A tonic accent is different to stress accent in that the prominent syllable in the word is distinguished by [[w:tone|tone]] rather than volume. The tonic accent is also different to a purely tonal system in that the number of tonal syllables in a word is limited. | ||
In Asaari, there is at most one tonic syllable in a word. The position of the tonic syllable determines the tonal pattern of the whole word. The distinction is binary, that is, a tonic syllable may be either high or low. | In Asaari, there is at most one tonic syllable in a word. The position of the tonic syllable determines the tonal pattern of the whole word. The distinction is binary, that is, a tonic syllable may be either high or low. | ||
The [[Proto-Tanisi]] language had a regular [[w:moraic stress| moraic stress system]] which degenerated as the Asaari system evolved. The Proto-Tanisi language stressed the third mora, but in the Asaari language much of the tonic accent is affected by so called '''glottal''' and '''nasal''' syllables. | |||
=====Glottal and nasal syllables===== | |||
The Asaari tonic accent distinguishes high and low tone. These arose due to [[w:nasalisation|nasalised]] syllables and syllables with a [[w:glottal stop|glottal stop]] coda in the Proto-Tanisi language. Today, these are part of a [[w:register (linguistics)|register]], where high pitch syllables get a glottal closure, and low pitch syllables are nasalised. | |||
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|+'''Asaari tonic register''' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" rowspan="1"| | |||
! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| Simple | |||
! colspan="1" rowspan="4"| | |||
! colspan="3" rowspan="1"| Long | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3"| Quality | |||
! No pitch | |||
|'''i''' /ɪ/ | |||
|'''e''' /ɛ/ | |||
|'''a''' /a/ | |||
|'''ii''' /ɪː/ | |||
|'''ee''' /ɛː/ | |||
|'''aa''' /aː/ | |||
|- | |||
!High pitch | |||
|í /ɪ́ʔ/ | |||
|'''é''' /ɛ́ʔ/ | |||
|'''á''' /áʔ/ | |||
|'''íi''' /ɪ́͜ɨʔ/ | |||
|'''ée''' /ɛ́͜əʔ/ | |||
|'''áa''' /á͜ɑʔ/ | |||
|- | |||
!Low pitch | |||
|'''ì''' /ɨ̀ⁿ/ | |||
|'''è''' /ɛ̀ⁿ/ | |||
|'''à''' /ɑ̀ⁿ/ | |||
|'''ìi''' /ìⁿː/ | |||
|'''èe''' /ɛ̀ⁿː/ | |||
|'''àa''' /ɑ̀ⁿː/ | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
====Prosody==== | ====Prosody==== | ||