Jim Grossmann wrote:
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>Is is unnatural or awkward to have words with all high tones?
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Certainly not.
>In a register tone language with two tones, high and low, which
tone is more
>marked?
Based on the literature I have read, I would say that the high tone
would tend to be considered the marked tone - even if the high tone
dominates.
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>Is the scheme at all natural?
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I don't know of any natlangs that work this way, but that doesn't
mean that they don't exist. If they do not in fact exist, I still
don't see why it could not have evolved that way.
>More importantly, are there reasons why it would be difficult to
learn or
>use in comparison with natural systems?
Looks like an easy system to learn since word class is automatically
associated with a certain combination of tones.
-kristian- 8-)