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 Definitions of tone language  [ʊn]  

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Definition of 'tone language' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tone language
a language, as Chinese or Yoruba, in which words that are otherwise phonologically identical are distinguished by having different pitches or pitch contour.

Etymology:  (1905–10)

Definition of 'tone language' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tone language, tonal language
a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings

'tone language' - Nearby Entries  

tone  tone ending  tone language  tone of voice  tonegawa susumu  toneless  tonelessly  



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