Example 19-227

dì vs. di
dì
def.art
vs.
vs.
di
this.dem
the vs. this
Comment:
The corpus contains a handful of minimal pairs opposing content words with grammatical words or grammatical words with each other. What is more important is that every Pichi content or function word has at least one lexically specified tone linked to a particular syllable. There are also diverse tonal process through which lexical tones may spread, be floated or change in pitch.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field data