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Example 59-383
lo ga fadeso, i ke sara tene ni biani
lo
3sg
ga
come
fadeso,
now
i
1pl
ke
cop
sara
make
tene
speech
ni
det
biani
truly
If he should come right now, we'd talk about it for sure.
Comment:
The pronoun
lo
carries high instead of low tone.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Tone: Complex tone system, for lexical and grammatical distinctions
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