pitch accent

word accent in which the prominent syllable(s) are indicated by a contrasting pitch rather than by loudness
Event aspect_of_vocalization Q1441804
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pitch accent

Summary

pitch accent is an aspect of vocalization[1]. It draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (aspect_of_vocalization category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • pitch accent's instance of is recorded as aspect of vocalization[3].
  • pitch accent's subclass of is recorded as stress[4].
  • pitch accent's subclass of is recorded as tonal or pitched phonation[5].
  • pitch accent's said to be the same as is recorded as tone[6].
  • pitch accent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0280vz[7].
  • pitch accent's different from is recorded as pitch accent[8].
  • pitch accent's different from is recorded as tonal language[9].
  • pitch accent's Quora topic ID is recorded as Pitch-Accent[10].
  • pitch accent's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777672088[11].
  • pitch accent's related category is recorded as Category:Pitch-accent language[12].
  • pitch accent's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2777672088[13].

Why It Matters

pitch accent draws 303 Wikipedia views per month (aspect_of_vocalization category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Panjabi: A Comprehensive Grammar. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). pitch accent. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pitch-accent
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pitch-accent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pitch accent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pitch-accent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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