Prosody

This is a rough draft of prosodic analysis in Bhojpuri. The red line above the following sentences indicate the pitch of your voice when these sentences are spoken.

  1. It’s dark outside.
  2. It’s dark outside (a different version of the same sentence as #1)
  3. When does it get dark?
  4. When will it get dark?

Stress is placed on the penultimate syllable of a multi-syllable word (and on the only syllable in monosyllabic words). Primary stress is usually accompanied by high pitch, while unstressed syllables carry a low pitch.

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