# pitch accent

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

**Wikidata**: [Q1441804](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1441804)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch-accent_language)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pitch-accent


## References

1. Panjabi: A Comprehensive Grammar
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. Quora
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)