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| ɛa̯ || ɛɪ̯ || ɛʊ̯ || ɛɔ̯ | | ɛa̯ || ɛɪ̯ || ɛʊ̯ || ɛɔ̯ | ||
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Though /eɛ̯/ and /ɛɨ̯/ don't occur in any dialect, some older, primarily Pokht-derived placenames still orthographically retain these diphthongs, e.g. the city of ''Kohfëef''.{{efn|Old Izhkut pronunciation: [[Help:IPA|[ˈko̞xfɛe̯f]]]; Pokht: ''Kohfeif'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈkɔʊ̯.feɪ̯f]]]}} However, these diphthongs are replaced with i-initial or i-final dipthongs, so ''Kohfëef'' is pronounced [[Help:IPA|[ˈkoxfɛɪ̯f]]] or [[Help:IPA|[ˈkoxfeɪ̯f]]]. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
Stress in Izhkut is generally prototonic. When a syllable contains an /ɛ/ ⟨ë⟩ it is automatically primarily stressed. | Stress in Izhkut is generally prototonic. When a syllable contains an /ɛ/ ⟨ë⟩ it is automatically primarily stressed. | ||
====Pitch-accent==== | ====Pitch-accent==== | ||
Izhkut incorporates a two-tone pitch-accent system very similar to [[w:Swedish phonology#Pitch accents|Swedish]]. | Izhkut incorporates a two-tone pitch-accent system very similar to [[w:Swedish phonology#Pitch accents|Swedish]]. The two tones, often called contour I(falling tone) and II(mid/no tone), vary between dialects, though their placements are the same. | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! rowspan=2 | Meaning (I) !! colspan=2 | Contour !! rowspan=2 | Meaning(II) | |||
|- | |||
! I !! II | |||
|- | |||
| whistle || ''sillu'' || ''silu'' || silo | |||
|- | |||
| wail (n.) || ''ouggu'' || ''ougu'' || wheat | |||
|- | |||
| place || ''dost'' || ''dost'' || | |||
|} | |||
Contour I is usually orthographically indicated by the doubling of the proceeding letter, with contour II left unindicated. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
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==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
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[[Category:Izhkut]] | [[Category:Izhkut]] | ||