Talk:Vedic accent

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[edit] Devanagari samples

Please include some devanagari samples where the accents can be seen. Yes, it is not possible in Unicode, so please use an image file.

One can use Baraha 7.0 to create texts with accent, i.e.: अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं. I don't know if this is displayed properly on a browser without the Baraha fonts installed, but it appears correctly on one that does. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.56.80.239 (talk) 18:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sounded?

How does the svarita actually affect pronunciation? I don't quite understand the term "sounded" here. --Grammatical error 07:19, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

"sounded" is just the literal translation of the term, not an explanation. The exact phonetics of this are a matter of reconstruction (for Vedic times), and a matter of expert scholarship (for the minute variants between shakhas). So far, the only thing the article states is that it was some sort of "release", an automatic glide (falling pitch) following any raised pitch syllable. Sadly, no Rishi ever spent time in a phonetics lab :) dab (ᛏ) 13:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison to the pitch accent in ancient Greek

Ancient Greek also had a pitch accent, apparently very similar to the Vedic accent. I don't know enough about IE historical linguistics to give a useful comparison, but it'd be worthwhile.