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| Haishi Tun || æ || ʌ || e̞ || o || i || ʉ || ɑe || ao || äi || au || ʌi || ʌu || ei || ø || ɵi || ɵu | | Haishi Tun || æ || ʌ || e̞ || o || i || ʉ || ɑe || ao || äi || au || ʌi || ʌu || ei || ø || ɵi || ɵu | ||
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===Stress and intonation=== | === Stress and intonation === | ||
All syllables are pronounced as the same length; there is no Lexical stress. This is similar to French and Georgian. | All syllables are pronounced as the same length; there is no Lexical stress. This is similar to French and Georgian. | ||
Though, when prosodic stress is involved, the first syllable of the prosodical word becomes extra stressed. | Though, when prosodic stress is involved, the first syllable of the prosodical word becomes extra stressed. | ||
==== Interrogatives ==== | |||
* The word for what, '''<>''', has a rising intonation /↗︎/, | * The word for what, '''<>''', has a rising intonation /↗︎/, | ||
** Though, if it is the subject of a sentence, everything on from the verb has a falling intonation /↘︎/ | ** Though, if it is the subject of a sentence, everything on from the verb has a falling intonation /↘︎/ | ||
* The words for yes and no, '''<>''', both have a falling intonation /↘︎/ | * The words for yes and no, '''<>''', both have a falling intonation /↘︎/ | ||
** Though, the final "or not", '''<>''', found in yes-no questions, has a rising intonation /↗︎/ | ** Though, the final "or not", '''<>''', found in yes-no questions, has a rising intonation /↗︎/ | ||
==== Determiners ==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" | Prosodic stress for disambiguating sentences: | |||
|- | |||
| 1) | |||
| ''Everything'' > something | |||
| 2) | |||
| Everything > ''something'' | |||
|- | |||
| ∃y∀x P(x, y) | |||
| ''Ada'' > Anón | |||
| ∀x∃y P(x, y) | |||
| Ada > ''Anón'' | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | For something, everything > it | |||
| colspan="2" | For everything, it > something | |||
|- | |||
| 1) | |||
| ''Every'' dog loves some toys | |||
| 2) | |||
| Every dog loves ''some'' toys | |||
|- | |||
| ∃y∈Toy∀x∈Dog Love(x, y) | |||
| ''ada'' DOG LOVE anón TOY | |||
| ∀x∈Dog∃y∈Toy Love(x, y) | |||
| ada DOG LOVE ''anón'' TOY | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="2" | For something (Toy), everything (Dog) loves it | |||
| colspan="2" | For everything (Dog) , it loves something (Toy) | |||
|} | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
syllable structure is: (C)²V(V)(C)² | syllable structure is: (C)²V(V)(C)² | ||