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Upstep

In linguistics, upstep is a phonemic or phonetic upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. It is best known in the tonal languages of Sub-Saharan Africa. Upstep is a much rarer phenomenon than its counterpart, downstep.

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Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal)
IPA number
518
Unicode (hex)
U+A71B

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Occurrence

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Upstep

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples32
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Upstep

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related to Occurrence · 27
Upstep → Bantu, Benin, Benue-Congo, Bokoto, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chadic, Duma, Edoid, Engenni, Gabon, Ghana, Grassfields, Guang, Gur, Hausa, Kirimi, Krachi, Mankon, Mbelime
is a · 2
Upstep → much rarer phenomenon than its counterpart, phonemic or phonetic upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language
Entity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal) · 1
Upstep → ꜛ
IPA number · 1
Upstep → 518
Unicode (hex) · 1
Upstep → U+A71B

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Important terminology

language pitch phonetic languages superscript phonemic citation needed upward tonal common chunks bantu nigeria downstep hausa sub-saharan also tanzania linguistics

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
UpstepEntity .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(decimal)1.00infobox
UpstepIPA number5181.00infobox
UpstepUnicode (hex)U+A71B1.00infobox
Upstepis aphonemic or phonetic upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language0.90text
Upstepis amuch rarer phenomenon than its counterpart0.90text
Upsteprelated to OccurrenceSub-Saharan African0.60section
Upsteprelated to OccurrenceBokoto0.60section
Upsteprelated to OccurrenceUbangian0.60section
Upsteprelated to OccurrenceCentral African Republic0.60section
Upsteprelated to OccurrenceDuma0.60section
Upsteprelated to OccurrenceWandji0.60section
Upsteprelated to OccurrenceBantu0.60section

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