Dtä
dtí is a term used in linguistics to describe a specific prosodic feature observed in a constructed language family used for theoretical study. The concept is not drawn from established natural languages but serves as an instructional example to show how tonal contours can mark sentence type.
In phonology, dtí consists of a rising contour on the first syllable of a word, typically from
In grammatical function, dtí marks yes–no questions and adds emphasis to the focus of a sentence. It
Distribution and history: The feature appears in a subset of dialects within the constructed language family
Examples: Presenting written forms using orthography with a diacritic on the first vowel: kíta (a yes–no question:
Related topics include tonal linguistics, prosody, and constructed languages.