Re: Pitch

Pavel Adamek <pavel.adamek@...> writes:

> > So you can have HL, LH, HLL, LHH, but not LLH or HHL
> > or LHL or HLH. What is this?
>
> Are there LLHH, HHLL words?
Yes. They're legal because there's a pitch change (a rise
on the former, a drop on the latter) and at least as many
syllables after it as there are before it.

> Are there long vowels?
No. There are a few diphthongs but they don't influence
the pitch system.


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