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Re: [txeqli] Place structure.



On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 12:59:45PM +1000, Ray Bergmann wrote:
> Ray:-> Is there still initial accent on words of more than one syllable or is it monotone now?  In the word "besta" isn't there a problem with the accent being on the "be-" rather than on the "-sta"?  Or should it be: "To dom ga be sta go." or "todomgabestago" with equal accent on all syllables?

The neat thing is, the accent doesn't matter. All words begin at a full
consonant, so accent isn't necessary to separate words. Whatever happens
with accent is just a convention to make things easier to hear.

-- 
Rob Speer