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Re: tones and stress

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, May 6, 2001, 19:48
daniel andreasson wrote:
> > I have a question regarding tones. Do languages that have > tones also have stress?
Sometimes. AFAIK, most tonal languages don't have stress, but there are some that do. Some time ago there was a discussion about that on Conlang, I think Tibetan (?) was mentioned as one that combined tone and stress. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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