rising intonation

speech

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In Tai languages: Phonological characteristics
… (using an acute accent), and rising (using a wedge, or haček); for example, maa (with no diacritic) ‘to come,’ màak (with a grave accent) ‘areca nut,’ mâak (with a circumflex) ‘much,’ máa (with an acute accent) ‘horse,’ and mǎa (with a wedge) ‘dog’ are differentiated by various tones.
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