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Example 7-287
bróòdá/bròdà
bróòdá/bròdà
brother/brother
brother (member of the religious order) / brother (sibling)
Comment:
Some two-syllable lexical elements may be distinguished based on pitch contrast.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2006
: 194
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Tone: Reduced tone system
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