Korean
Standard Seoul Korean uses pitch only for prosodic purposes. However, several dialects outside Seoul retain a Middle Korean pitch accent system. In the dialect of North Gyeongsang, in southeastern South Korea, any one syllable may have pitch accent in the form of a high tone, as may the initial two syllables. For example, in trisyllabic words, there are four possible tone patterns:
| Hangul | IPA | English |
|---|---|---|
| 메누리 | mé.nu.ɾi | daughter-in-law |
| 어무이 | ə.mú.i | mother |
| 원어민 | wə.nə.mín | native speaker |
| 오래비 | ó.ɾé.pi | elder brother |
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