Nesekara: Difference between revisions
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====Accent==== | ====Accent==== | ||
Intonation occurs via ''pitch-promenance'', i.e the pitch of the stressed syllable is different than the syllables surrounding it. The stressed syllable is always somewhat higher than | Intonation occurs via ''pitch-promenance'', i.e the pitch of the stressed syllable is different than the syllables surrounding it. The stressed syllable is always somewhat higher than nonstressed syllables. | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
The syllable structure of Nesekara is always CV; any consonant is permitted to start a syllable. However, the sonority hierarchy is ''usually'' followed when constructing a word. | |||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||