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=== Intonation === Difference between a question and a statement is marked with the tone, when there is no question word. Rising tone marks the question and falling tone the statement.<ref name=":0" /> Statements and questions with a question word are characterized by falling intonation at the end of the sentence.<ref name=":0" /> {| class="wikitable" |+Falling Intonation – Statement !Language !Example |- |Latin |(Á) wassh ent. |- |Perso-Arabic with Urdu alphabet | .آ) وشّ اِنت) |- |English |He is well. |} {| class="wikitable" |+Falling Intonation – Question !Language !Example |- |Latin |(Taw) kojá raway? |- |Perso-Arabic with Urdu alphabet |تئو) کجا رئوئے؟) |- |English |Where are you going? |} Questions without a question word are characterized by rising intonation at the end of the sentence.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jahani |first=Carina |url=https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-397659 |title=A Grammar of Modern Standard Balochi |date=2019 |publisher=Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+Rising Intonation – Question !Language !Example |- |Latin |(Á) wassh ent? |- |Perso-Arabic with Urdu alphabet |آ) وشّ اِنت؟) |- |English |Is he well? |} Both coordinate and subordinate clauses that precede the final clause in the sentence have rising intonation. The final clause in the sentence has falling intonation.<ref name=":0" /> {| class="wikitable" |+Rising Intonation – In clauses that precede the final clause !Language !Example |- |Latin |Shahray kuchah o damkán hechkas gendaga nabut o bázár angat band at. |- |Perso-Arabic with Urdu alphabet |شهرئے کوچه ءُ دمکان هچکَس گندگَ نبوت ءُ بازار انگت بند اَت. |- |English |Nobody was seen in the streets of the town, and the marketplace was still closed. |}
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