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| === Pitch accent === | | === Accent === |
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| Words of four or fewer syllables in Proto-Dynic carry a [[w:Pitch accent|pitch accent]], wherein a high pitch falls on one morae. There is also a so-called ''dangling accent'', where a high pitch appears on the next mora ''following'' the word. The placement of the accent is lexical; it is not determined by any phonological processes, and must be specified for each individual word.
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| Long vowels in Proto-Dynic are considered two morae, thus it is possible for the high pitch to fall on one or the other long vowel morae. In this case, a contour tone is created, either rising or falling depending on where the high-pitch lies.
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| * High tone: [[w:Acute accent|acute accent]] ( ´ ), e.g. ''*árkʷ'' ({{IPA-all|árkʷ|}})
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| * Rising tone: [[w:Caron|caron]] ( ˇ ), e.g. ''*mǐ-də'' ({{IPA-all|mií.də|}})
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| * Falling tone: [[w:Circumflex|circumflex]] ( ̂ ), e.g. ''*êhi'' ({{IPA-all|ʔée.hi|}})
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| * Low tone: [[w:Grave accent|grave accent]] ( ̀ ) (''means that the next mora has a high pitch''), e.g. ''*hùr'' ({{IPA-all|hur|}}) → ''hur-sí'' ({{IPA-all|hur.sí|}})
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| == Morphology == | | == Morphology == |