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Meanings of tonal language in English

Portuguese
línguas tonais
Catalan
llengua tonal

A language in which different tones distinguish different meanings.

        línguas tonais
        Russian
        тональные языки
        Portuguese
        linguas tonais
        Spanish
        lengua tonal
        Catalan
        llengua tonal

        Language in which tones have lexical or grammatical meaning.

                Related terms
                тональные языки
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                Usage of tonal language in English
                1
                They speak a tonal language and the meaning of words changes with the pitch.
                Arctic chill
                2
                It too is a tonal language, governed by the noun, which dominates the sentence.
                The South African
                3
                It's a lovely work, with open textures, jaunty melodies and a modal or tonal language.
                Radio NZ
                4
                Families converse in their indigenous, tonal language, and women wear the traditional huipil red poncho.
                Reuters
                5
                He understood this tonal language, this aesthetic.
                Prince Lestat
                6
                Like the country's other African languages, isiNdebele is a tonal language, governed by the noun, which dominates the sentence.
                The South African
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