Heiban Languages

	Heiban Languages Heiban may refer to: * Heiban people, a people of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan * Heiban languages, spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan * A Japanese pitch accent Japanese pitch accent is a feature of the Japanese language that distinguishes words by accenting particular morae in most Japanese dialects. The nature and location of the accent for a given word may vary between dialects. For instance, t ... pattern See also * Heian (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Heiban People The Heiban Nuba are a people of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan. There are less than 50,000 Heiban, many of whom are Christian. Language The Heiban languages belong to Kordofanian languages group, of the Nuba Mountains, which is in the major family of Niger–Congo languages. See also Nuba peoples The Nuba people are indigenous inhabitants of southern Sudan. The Nuba are made up of 50 various indigenous ethnic groups who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state in Sudan, encompassing multiple distinct people that speak differ ... Index: Nuba peoples ReferencesJoshua Project Nuba peoples Ethnic groups in Sudan {{ns-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Heiban Languages Heiban may refer to: * Heiban people, a people of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan * Heiban languages, spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan * A Japanese pitch accent Japanese pitch accent is a feature of the Japanese language that distinguishes words by accenting particular morae in most Japanese dialects. The nature and location of the accent for a given word may vary between dialects. For instance, t ... pattern See also * Heian (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Japanese Pitch Accent Japanese pitch accent is a feature of the Japanese language that distinguishes words by accenting particular morae in most Japanese dialects. The nature and location of the accent for a given word may vary between dialects. For instance, the word for "river" is in the Tokyo dialect, with the accent on the second mora, but in the Kansai dialect it is . A final or is often devoiced to or after a downstep and an unvoiced consonant. The Japanese term is , and it refers to pitch accent in languages such as Japanese and Swedish. It contrasts with , which refers to stress. An alternative term is which contrasts with . Standard Japanese Normative pitch accent, essentially the pitch accent of the Tokyo Yamanote dialect, is considered essential in jobs such as broadcasting. The current standards for pitch accent are presented in special accent dictionaries for native speakers such as the ''Shin Meikai Nihongo Akusento Jiten'' () and the ''NHK Nihongo Hatsuon Akusento Ji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]