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Register (phonology)
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In linguistics, a register language is a language which combines tone and vowel phonation into a single phonological system. Burmese and the Chinese dialect Shanghainese are examples. Burmese is usually considered a tonal language, but differences in relative pitch are correlated with vowel phonation, so that neither exists independently.
There are three or four vowel registers in Burmese. They are:
| Register | Phonation | Length | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Modal voice | medium | low |
| High | Breathy voice | long | high |
| Creaky | Creaky voice | medium | high |
| Checked | Final glottal stop | short | (varies) |
Even if the last is considered to have a final consonant rather than a vowel register, the other three are distinguished by both pitch and phonation together rather than independently.
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