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Qino has a pitch accent system. A word normally has a single accented vowel, which is pronounced with a higher pitch. In contrast to other Cushitic languages, the accent-bearing unit is the vowel and not the mora. Not all words have an accented syllable. For instance, many clitics and particles are unaccented.

A final long vowel is accented by default. If the word ends in a consonant or semi-vowel, the final vowel is accented. If the word ends in a vowel, the penultimate syllable is accented. Words that differ from these rules indicate the accented vowel with an acute accent in the Latin orthography. Exceptions include subordinating ''-n'' and enclitics such as ''-ne'' "and", which do not affect accent.

A final long vowel is accented by default. If the word ends in a consonant or semi-vowel, the final vowel is accented. If the word ends in a vowel, the penultimate syllable is accented. Words that differ from these rules indicate the accented vowel with an acute accent in the Latin orthography.

In verbs, accent is fully determined by morphology. Nominals may have distinctive accent. A final accented vowel can be pronounced aspirated in verbs (where it may be written with a final ''-h'') and glottalized in nominals (which may be indicated with an apostrophe).

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 Qino has a pitch accent system. A word normally has a single accented vowel, which is pronounced with a higher pitch. In contrast to other Cushitic languages, the accent-bearing unit is the vowel and not the mora. Not all words have an accented syllable. For instance, many clitics and particles are unaccented.
-A final long vowel is accented by default. If the word ends in a consonant or semi-vowel, the final vowel is accented. If the word ends in a vowel, the penultimate syllable is accented. Words that differ from these rules indicate the accented vowel with an acute accent in the Latin orthography. <!--Secondary accent is usually not indicated, but it may be indicated with a grave accent (this article does so somewhat inconsistently). -->Exceptions include subordinating ''-n'' and enclitics such as ''-ne'' "and", which do not affect accent.
+A final long vowel is accented by default. If the word ends in a consonant or semi-vowel, the final vowel is accented. If the word ends in a vowel, the penultimate syllable is accented. Words that differ from these rules indicate the accented vowel with an acute accent in the Latin orthography. <!--Secondary accent is usually not indicated, but it may be indicated with a grave accent (this article does so somewhat inconsistently). --><!--Exceptions include subordinating ''-n'' and enclitics such as ''-ne'' "and", which do not affect accent.-->
 In verbs, accent is fully determined by morphology. Nominals may have distinctive accent. A final accented vowel can be pronounced aspirated in verbs (where it may be written with a final ''-h'') and glottalized in nominals (which may be indicated with an apostrophe).