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Tonal status information sources for Niuean
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niu (
niue1239
)
Austronesian (aust1307) >...> Tongic (tong1324)
Language is tonal
no info
yes
no
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Data on the tonal status from other sources
Hammarström & Mannby
?
yes
HymanDB
?
—
LAPSyD
?
—
WALS
?
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Information source and comments on the tonal status of the language
In 1980s, the definitve accent was mistakingly regarded as tone; later on, Rolle proved the contrary.
Data for the description of the tonal system
sufficient
likely sufficient
likely insufficient
insufficient
yet unclear
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