Prosody
| Medial | Final | Unstressed | Stressed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No hiatus | Hiatus present | ||||
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alternate[nb 2] | ||
| ∅ | V | V | Vː | V₁.V₁ | |
| Vx[nb 3] | Vx | Vx | V₁.V₁x | ||
| V | V | V₁.V₂ | V₁ː.V₂ | V₁.V₁.V₂ | V₁ː.V₂ |
| Vx[nb 3] | V₁.V₂x | V₁ː.V₂x | V₁.V₁.V₂x | V₁ː.V₂x | |
| ˈaw[nb 4] | V.ˈaw | V.ˈaw | V.ˈa.aw | ||
- ↑ Includes the continuation tone (belonging to non-initial syllables of multisyllabic words).
- ↑ magı’s alternate system where hiatus tones do not reduplicate any vowels, but leverage existing hiatuses in the word. In addition, /Vaw/ is not given special treatment in this system and remains initially stressed.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stands for any of the three permissible codal consonants – /j/, /w/, /ŋ/ – which turn a preceding /u i o/ into its allophonic variant [ʊ ɪ ɔ] respectively, as well as eliminate any lengthening.
- ↑ Special-cased since it shifts stress.
Phone-based mora counts ([V] = 1 mora; [Vː], [Vx] = 2 morae; unchanged by magı’s alternate system):
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alternate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /V/ | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| /Vx/ | 2 | 3 | ||
| /VV/ | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| /VVx/ | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| /Vaw/ | 3 | 4 | ||
Hiatus-based mora counts (each hiatus [.] adds 1 mora):
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alternate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /V/ | 1 | 2 | ||
| /Vx/ | ||||
| /VV/ | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| /VVx/ | ||||
| /Vaw/ | ||||
Mixed hiatus- and phone-based mora counts (each hiatus [.], as well as drawn-out vowel [ː] adds 1 mora):
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alternate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /V/ | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| /Vx/ | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| /VV/ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| /VVx/ | ||||
| /Vaw/ | 2 | 2/3 | 3 | 3 |