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pitch accent

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Also known as pitch-accent language

word accent in which the prominent syllable(s) are indicated by a contrasting pitch rather than by loudness

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Within Vinony's link graph, pitch accent is referenced by 335 other articles, and connects out to stress, vowel length and Japanese.

It is catalogued under the topic Tone (linguistics).

Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.

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Said to be same as
tone
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different from
tonal language
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