Register (phonology)
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See also: Register complex
For the sociolinguistic term, see Register (sociolinguistics).
In phonology, a register, or pitch register, is a prosodic feature of syllables in certain languages in which tone, vowel phonation, glottalization or similar features depend upon one another.
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
It occurs in Burmese, Vietnamese, Wu Chinese and Zulu.