<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 3/19/01 5:22:07 PM Mountain Standard Time, rankin@ku.edu
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If memory serves
<BR>(and Randy can correct me on this) Crow has three degrees of length, tho' I
<BR>don't know how this is resolved phonetically. High, low, rising and falling
<BR>pitch are all distinctive. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>As far as I can tell Crow has only two degrees of length. High and low pitch
<BR>vowels may be either long or short; falling pitch vowels are only long.
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<BR>Randy</FONT></HTML>