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From: bartee@cronus.bwc.org (James Bartee)
Subject: Re: How did Korean lose the tones?
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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 12:05:03 GMT
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When I studied Serbo-Croatian in the 1970's, it was standard to mark in 
text all 4 pitch accents and long vowels.  When I picked up a teaching 
text in the 1990's the author said it was no longer necessary to speak 
Serbo-Croatian with pitch accent, but that vowel length was still 
observed.  Careful distinctions among the 4 pitch accents, the author 
remarked, was only observed in certain dialects, but that modern literary 
Serbo-Croatian no longer considered that vowel system as standard.

Can anyone else verify that?

JWB
