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In the [[Prefix Reform]], prefixes are pronounced in a mid-level tone [˧] preceding the stress and tone-contour of the word they're attached to. | In the [[Prefix Reform]], prefixes are pronounced in a mid-level tone [˧] preceding the stress and tone-contour of the word they're attached to. | ||
We can reanalyze this as a fifth ''toneme'' {{Tone|1}} — a mid-flat tone that avoids stress and nullifies vowel length: {{t|jıa}} /ˈdʑiːa˥˩/ versus {{t|jīa}} / | We can reanalyze this as a fifth ''toneme'' {{Tone|1}} — a mid-flat tone that avoids stress and nullifies vowel length: {{t|jıa}} /ˈdʑiːa˥˩/ versus {{t|jīa}} /dʑɪa˧/. | ||
This suggests a new way of writing prefixed words that makes prefixes more like [[clitic]]s: instead of {{t|puchumtào}}, we write {{t|pū chūm tao}}, still pronounced [pʊ˧ t͡ɕʊm˧ ˈtaːw˥˩]. | This suggests a new way of writing prefixed words that makes prefixes more like [[clitic]]s: instead of {{t|puchumtào}}, we write {{t|pū chūm tao}}, still pronounced [pʊ˧ t͡ɕʊm˧ ˈtaːw˥˩]. | ||