Re: Accent Terminology Question

I read your description, and it seems like your words would be tough to
pronounce, if I'm understanding right.   So, let's say you have a word:

bolokambenata

And let's say the stress comes on "na".   That one would get a high tone.
And let's say the only unstressed unaccented syllbe is "ta", so that gets a
low.   That means each of the other syllables get a falling tone?   (High to
low is called falling.)   So, if we use 1 for low and 2 for high, that'd be:

bo(21)lo(21)kam(21)be(21)na(2)ta(1)

Seems kind of odd...   Also breaks the rules of the contour principle.

Anyway, for the spreading tone you're talking about...   Generally, tone
spreads from right to left.   I think it can go left to right, but I don't
remember.   But anyway, generally if one tone has an underlying tone and a
different tone spreads to it, the result is a contour.   If it has no
underlying tone, it takes the tone whole.

I still think I'm not understanding, though.   Could you do a word with the
numbers?   It's easier to see that way.

-David

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