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Many words in SamSka carry a pitch accent (also called a rising tone). These words are nouns, adjectives and verbs in which the stem includes the primarily stressed syllable followed by an unstressed schwa syllable. For example '''slange''' / | Many words in SamSka carry a pitch accent (also called a rising tone). These words are nouns, adjectives and verbs in which the stem includes the primarily stressed syllable followed by an unstressed schwa syllable. For example '''slange''' /ˈslǎŋːə/ (''snake'') has a rising tone; '''slang''' /slaŋː/ (slang) has no tone. This extends to inflections of such words when they acquire suffixes. For example '''slangen''' /ˈslǎŋːən/ (''the snake'') looks identical to '''slangen''' /ˈslaŋːən/ (''the slang'') when written but the first word may be distinguished in speech by its rising tone. | ||
In the case of related words such as '''styre''' (noun = ''management'') and '''styre''' (verb = ''to steer''), the stem of the noun is regarded as ending in an unstressed schwa syllable and '''styre''' (noun) will have a rising tone. In the case of the verb, the stem is considered to be '''styr-''' and it will have no tone. This means that '''styret''' (''the management'') will have a rising tone whereas '''styret''' (past participle of '''styre''') will not. | In the case of related words such as '''styre''' (noun = ''management'') and '''styre''' (verb = ''to steer''), the stem of the noun is regarded as ending in an unstressed schwa syllable and '''styre''' (noun) will have a rising tone. In the case of the verb, the stem is considered to be '''styr-''' and it will have no tone. This means that '''styret''' (''the management'') will have a rising tone whereas '''styret''' (past participle of '''styre''') will not. | ||