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tonal language — noun a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings • Syn: ↑tone language • Hypernyms: ↑natural language, ↑tongue • Hyponyms: ↑contour language, ↑register language … Useful english dictionary
Tonal — may refer to:* Tonal (mythology), a concept appearing in the belief systems and traditions of Mesoamerican cultures, involving a spiritual link between a person and an animal * tonal language, a classification of languages where some combination… … Wikipedia
Tonal (mythology) — Tonal is a concept within the study of Mesoamerican religion, myth, folklore and anthropology. It refers to the belief found in many indigenous Mesoamerican cultures that a person upon being born requires a close spiritual link to an animal, a… … Wikipedia
Tonal language — A tonal language is a language that uses tone to distinguish words. Tone is a phonological trait common to many languages around the world (though rare in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Pacific). Chinese is perhaps the most well… … Wikipedia
Tonal — Als Tonsprache oder tonale Sprache bezeichnet man eine Sprache, bei der mit einer Änderung der Tonhöhe oder des Tonverlaufs in einer Silbe in der Regel auch eine Änderung der Bedeutung des entsprechenden Wortes (bzw. Morphems) einhergeht.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
tone system — noun the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑tonal system • Hypernyms: ↑phonological system, ↑phonologic system • Part Holonyms: ↑tone language, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Musical system of ancient greece — This article concerns itself with the music theoretical and mathematical tone system of ancient Greece. For a discussion of the cultural aspects and history of ancient Greek music, see Music of ancient Greece. The musical system of ancient Greece … Wikipedia
phonologic system — noun the system of phones used in a particular language (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑phonological system • Hypernyms: ↑language system • Hyponyms: ↑tone system, ↑tonal system … Useful english dictionary
phonological system — noun the system of phones used in a particular language • Syn: ↑phonologic system • Hypernyms: ↑language system • Hyponyms: ↑tone system, ↑tonal system … Useful english dictionary
Zone system — The Zone System is a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development, formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in 1941. The Zone System provides photographers with a systematic method of precisely defining the… … Wikipedia
