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Simple tone system, for lexical and grammatical distinctions
Example 3-166:
jaa, jáa, jaá, jáá
jaa,
scatter
jáa,
year
jaá,
you.have
jáá
you.haven't
scatter, year, you have, you haven't
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Tone
Source:
Fieldwork data
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