Uncommon
Pitch-accent language
Language that uses pitch changes for accent
Pitch-accent language
A pitch-accent language is a type of language in which some syllables or morphemes in words are more prominent when spoken due a distinct contrasting pitch (linguistic tone). Languages that have been described as pitch-accent languages include: most dialects of Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Baltic languages, Ancient Greek, Vedic Sanskrit, Tlingit, Turkish, Japanese, Limburgish, Norwegian, Swedish, Western Basque, Yaqui, certain dialects of Korean, Shanghainese, and Livonian. Pitch variation is distinct from emphasis on parts of words by increasing their volume or length, as can happen in other languages including English. Pitch-accent languages also differ from fully tonal languages like Vietnamese and Standard Chinese, in which most syllables have an independent tone. However, some linguists claim that is no unifying definition of pitch-accent languages, and that stress and tone are also important features of the prosody of such languages, to different degrees. Pitch-accent languages tend to...
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