Welsh and Welsh English
Welsh has a simple pitch accent but this does not affect meaning because it is always on the same syllable. It does however make it easier to differentiate words in rapid speech. The stress accent is normally on the last or penultimate syllable in Welsh, but the pitch accent is always placed on the last syllable of a word as a high pitch. The rising pitch of the last syllable is also a distinctive feature of Welsh accents in English.
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