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 ===Tones===
-Pókutìi has three distinct tones: flat, rising and falling which alter the pitch of the neighbouring syllables. In romanization these are shown with acute accent (rising) and grave accent (falling): á [ǎ] and à [â]
+Pókutìi has five distinct tones: low, mid, high, rising and falling which alter the pitch of the neighbouring syllables as well (tone sandhi). In romanization these are shown with acute accent (high & rising in long) and grave accent (low & falling in long): á [á], à [à], aá [ǎ:] and aà [â:].
+Dipping and peaking tones arise from tone sandhi (?)
 ==Orthography==