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tone language Definition

tone language

noun

a language, as Chinese or some Bantu or Southeast Asian languages, in which pitch variation is used to distinguish words that would otherwise sound alike

Browse dictionary entries near tone language

  1. ‹ tone down
  2. ‹ tone-deaf
  3. ‹ tone control
  4. ‹ tone color
  5. ‹ tone cluster
  6. ‹ tone
  7. ‹ tondo
  8. ‹ tonality
  9. ‹ tonal
  10. ‹ ton
  1. tone poem ›
  2. tonearm ›
  3. toner ›
  4. tonetic ›
  5. toney ›
  6. tong ›
  7. tonga ›
  8. Tongan ›
  9. tongs ›
  10. tongue ›