A language in which different tones distinguish different meanings.
Sinònims
Examples for "tonal language"
Examples for "tonal language"
1They speak a tonal language and the meaning of words changes with the pitch.
2It too is a tonal language, governed by the noun, which dominates the sentence.
3It's a lovely work, with open textures, jaunty melodies and a modal or tonal language.
4Families converse in their indigenous, tonal language, and women wear the traditional huipil red poncho.
5He understood this tonal language, this aesthetic.
Translations for tone language