Lithuanian
Aukshtaitish, Aukštaitian (lit. Aukštaičių tarmė)
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Indo-European (indo1319) > Balto-Slavic (balt1263)
Eurasia
( Republic of Lithuania )
L1 speakers: 3000000
L2 speakers: 500000
Last modified: 2025-06-17 12:50 by vvydrin
2. Prosodic units
3. Tonal inventory
3.2 Inventory of tonemes
High
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toneme

Criteria:

  • The Activity Criterion

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4. Tonotactics
4.3. Toneless syllables
5. Stress and tone
6. Tonal Rules
Basic Accentuation Principle (BAP)
other
0μ Hμ 0μ --> 0μ Hμ 0μ

If the prosodic word underlyingly has one High tonemes, it is overtly exposed.

High tone insertion
other
0μ 0μ 0μ --> Hμ 0μ 0μ

If the prosodic word underlyingly has no High tonemes, a High-toneme is inserted in the first mora.

High-toneme deletion
other
Hμ Hμ 0μ --> Hμ 0μ 0μ

If the prosodic word underlyingly has two or more High tonemes, the second, third etc. are deleted.

Non-High vowel lengthening
other
0μ (0μ 0μ..) --> 0μ Hμ (0μ 0μ..)

With the words of class 3 nouns the first non-high vowel is lengthened if it is followed by weak morphemes; the second mora acquires the H tone. This rule does not apply to prefixes.

H-toneme on the second mora
other
<0μ> 0μ 0μ 0μ --> 0μ Hμ 0μ 0μ

With the words of class 3 nouns, if the first syllable contains a mixed diphtongoid, the second mora receives the H-tone if it is followed by weak morphemes. This rule does not apply to prefixes.

Tone advancement
Obligatory Contour Principle
Stem (0μ...) Hμ + suffix Hμ --> (0μ..) 0μ Hμ

If H tone occupies the final position of the noun stem, and the suffix also bears H tone, then in the superficial representation the second mora (mora of the suffix) will have the High tone

7. Grammatical and Lexical Tones
7.1. Grammatical tonal morphemes
7.3. Lexical tones
Miscellaneous
10. Tonal notation in the writing
Analytical report (fulltext)