Did you know...

[pne]

...that Swedish is tonal?

I'm not sure how many Indo-European languages are; my guess would be not all that many.

I forgot what the Swedish tones are called; I think they're just called "tone A" and "tone B" or something like that. I'm not sure whether they only apply to two-syllable words or also to others.

I do know that they let you distinguish between Anden "The duck" and Anden "The spirit". IIRC the pattern is something like HL for the first and HH for the second.

Comments

[sovereigna.livejournal.com]

Wow, they're fun words to get mixed up if you're reading :)

[pne.livejournal.com]

"I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Duck... er, wait..."

[sovereigna.livejournal.com]

hehe

along the lines of what I was thinking ;)