Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
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[^nihon-jin]:
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Technically, this could be further split into 日本 and 〜人. I didn't do it here for 2 main reasons:
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1. Affixes change pitch patterns more significantly than regular postpositions (they usually force a certain pattern).
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- 2. 日本人 is an exception to the 〜人 accent rule anyway.
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+ 2. 日本人 has an irregular pitch pattern even when considering the rules for the 〜人 suffix.
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[^question-ka]:
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Indicating a question by raising pitch at the end of a sentence is not a part of pitch accent analysis, and therefore will be omitted in examples.