Re: intonation in your conlangs

On Wednesday 10 Mar 2004 7:11 pm, you wrote:
> I've been observing that when I speak or read Ikanirae Seru, my
> intonation pattern is different from how I talk in English.  I think it
> has something to do with all the syllables being (C)V - the rhythm is
> more regular and almost staccato, and there seems to be some sort of
> correlation between stress and pitch - stressed syllables usually have
> a higher pitch than unstressed ones, but sometimes it's the other way
> round, I haven't figured out the pattern yet if there is one.
>
> Anyone else notice that they have different intonation patterns in
> their conlang?
>
Very much so. The Gevey intonation patterns are closely tied to grammatical
features in the language, which leads to something that sounds quite strange
and weird to my British ear.

> -Estel
>
Rik, knee deep.