Re: yet another new lang sketch (sorry) [ + pitch-stress, + Welsh]

Nik Taylor wrote:

> In contrast, tonal languages have a tone on EACH AND EVERY syllable,
> which must be marked for each syllable.
Too strong.  Mandarin has many toneless syllables, especially
grammatical particles (their pitch is determined in a complex way
by the tones of surrounding syllables).  Other Sinitic languages
are far more likely to give every syllable a tone.

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