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Downstep — ꜜ◌ IPA number 517 Encoding Entity (decimal) #42780; … Wikipedia
Downstep (phonetics) — In phonetics, downstep is a phonemic or phonetic downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. It is best known in the tonal languages of West Africa, but the pitch accent of Japanese (a non tonal language) is quite… … Wikipedia
Japanese pitch accent — is a feature of the Japanese language. It distinguishes words in most Japanese dialects, though the nature and location of the accent for a given word may vary between dialects. For instance, in standard Tokyo Japanese the word for now is IPA|… … Wikipedia
Downdrift — In phonetics, downdrift is the cumulative lowering of pitch over time due to interactions among tones, called downstep, in a tonal language. It is distinct from the general lowering of the pitch during prosodic contours of a tonal or non tonal… … Wikipedia
Tone (linguistics) — Not to be confused with intonation (linguistics). Top tone ◌̋ ˥ … Wikipedia
Tone terracing — is a type of phonetic downdrift, where the high or mid tones, but not the low tone, shift downward in pitch (downstep) after certain other tones. The result is that a tone may be realized at a certain pitch over a short stretch of speech, shifts… … Wikipedia
Chadic languages — Introduction largest family of languages in the Afro Asiatic (Afro Asiatic languages) phylum. Some 140 or more Chadic languages are spoken, predominantly in Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad. The four subdivisions of the Chadic family West … Universalium
Nafaanra — Spoken in Ghana, Côte d Ivoire Region North west corner of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana, east of Bondouko in Côte d Ivoire Ethnicity Nafana Native speakers 61,000 … Wikipedia
Kansai dialect — A label in Kansai ben. The advertisement, Iwashi o tabena akan!, translates as You must eat sardines! … Wikipedia
Tone sandhi — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
