| tone language n. A language, as Mandarin or Somali, in which pitch or the pitch contour distinguishes the meanings of words that are otherwise the same phonologically. |
tone language
n
(Linguistics) a language, such as Chinese or certain African languages, in which differences in tone may make differences in meaning
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| Noun | 1. |  tone language - a language in which different tones distinguish different meaningsnatural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language contour language - a tone language that uses pitch changes register language - a tone language that uses different voice registers tonal system, tone system - the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language |
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