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Mechanics
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Types
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Tone and inflection
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Phonetic notation
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Overview
- Linguistics
- Pitch contour
- Pitch register Register (phonology)
- Inflect Inflection
- Musical pitch
- Phonation
- Vocal cord
- Intonation Intonation (linguistics)
- Phoneme
- East East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Africa
- Pacific Pacific islands
- The Americas
- Pitch-accent languages Pitch-accent language
- Morphemes Morpheme
- Sinitic languages Varieties of Chinese
- Taiwanese Southern Min Taiwanese Hokkien
- Athabascan languages
- Navajo Navajo language
- Syllable coda
- Slavey Slavey language
- Koyukon Koyukon language
- Hupa Hupa language
- Kingston (2005) Tone (linguistics)
- Tense voice
- Fundamental frequency
- Creaky voice
- Bantu languages
- Algonquian languages
Mechanics
- Prosody Prosody (linguistics)
- Pragmatics
- Syllable
- Minimal pairs Minimal pair
- Chinese Dialects of Chinese
- Mandarin Chinese
- Neutral tone Standard Chinese phonology
- Pinyin
- Interrogative particle Interrogative word
- Tongue-twister
- Simplified Simplified Chinese characters
- Traditional Traditional Chinese characters
- One-syllable article
- Jyutping
- Voiced
- Syllabic consonants Syllabic consonant
- Kru languages
- Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian language
- Glottalization
- Burmese Burmese language
- Japanese Japanese pitch accent
- Drop in pitch Downstep
- Pitch accent
- Stress accent
- Sekani Sekani language
Types
- Morphological Morphology (linguistics)
- Kra–Dai Kra–Dai languages
- Vietic Vietic languages
- Sino-Tibetan Sino-Tibetan languages
- Afroasiatic Afroasiatic languages
- Khoisan Khoisan languages
- Niger-Congo Niger-Congo languages
- Nilo-Saharan Nilo-Saharan languages
- Bench Bench language
- Contour Contour (linguistics)
- Mpi Mpi language
- Cantonese Standard Cantonese
- Shanghainese
- Swedish Swedish language
- Norwegian Norwegian language
- Grammatical categories Grammatical category
- Chori language
- Kam–Sui languages
- Kam language
- Checked syllables Checked syllable
- Stop consonants Stop consonant
- Wobe language
- Ticuna language
- Chatino languages Chatino language
- Guere language
- Dan language
- Mano language
- Oto-Manguean
Tonal change
- Prosodic unit
- Downdrift
- Terraced Terrace (agriculture)
- Tone terracing
- Floating tones Floating tone
- Alternation Alternation (linguistics)
- Southern Min
Uses of tone
- Homonyms
- Niger–Congo
- Tense and mood Grammatical tense
- Person Grammatical person
- Polarity Grammatical polarity
- Yoruba Yoruba language
- Talking drums Talking drum
- Whistling Whistled language
- Caleb Everett
Tone and inflection
- Chinantec Chinantecan languages
- Oto-Manguean language Oto-Manguean languages
- Mexico
- Mood Grammatical mood
- Number Grammatical number
- Iau Iau language
- Lakes Plain language Lakes Plain languages
- Aspect Grammatical aspect
- Cases Grammatical case
- Maasai language
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Yue dialects Yue Chinese
- Guangdong Province
- Taishan Taishanese
- Perfective Perfective aspect
- Taiwanese Hakka
- Tibeto-Burman languages
- Yunnan
- Burma Myanmar
Phonetic notation
- Four tones Four tones (Middle Chinese)
- Chinese character
- Kra-Dai languages
- Proto-Tai language
- Upstep
- Compatible font International Phonetic Alphabet
- Omotic languages
- Pitch trace Pitch trace?action=edit&redlink=1
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Chao tone letters Chao tone letter
- Min Chinese
- Neutral tones Neutral tone
- Markedness
- Tone number
- Standard Mandarin Chinese
- Four tones
- Chao Y. R. Chao
- Tone letters Tone letter
- Tone contour
- Checked tone
- Cherokee Cherokee language
- Iroquoian language
- Tanoan languages
- Kiowa Kiowa language
- Jemez Jemez language
- Southern Athabascan languages
- Apache languages
- Hopi Hopi language
- Thai alphabet
- Hmong RPA
Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Niger-Congo family Niger–Congo languages
- Swahili Swahili language
- Senegambia
- Wolof Wolof language
- Serer Serer language
- Cangin languages
- Fulani Fula language
- Chadic Chadic languages
- Semitic Semitic languages
- Berber Berber languages
- Egyptian Egyptian language
- Cushitic Cushitic languages
- Khoe Khoe languages
- Kxʼa Kxʼa languages
- Tuu Tuu languages
Asia
- China
- Mainland Southeast Asia
- Meitei-Lon Meitei language
- Mog Mog language
- Lao Lao language
- Hmong–Mien languages
- Austronesian Austronesian languages
- Cèmuhî Cèmuhî language
- Yabem Yabem language
- Austroasiatic languages
- Tsat Tsat language
- Middle Korean
- Mongolian Mongolian language
- Uyghur Uyghur language
- Indo-Aryan languages
- Hindko
- Haryanvi Haryanvi language
- Khariboli
- Dogri Dogri language
- Sylheti Sylheti language
- Chittagonian Chittagonian language
- Rohingya Rohingya language
- Chakma Chakma language
- Eastern Bengali
Origin and development
- André-Georges Haudricourt
- James Matisoff
- Areal Areal feature
- Phylogenetic Genetic relationship (linguistics)
- Shift Language shift
- Separated Trail of Tears
- Hong Kong English
- British English
- Hong Kong Cantonese
- Singapore English
Americas
- Athabaskan languages
- Alaska
- American Southwest Southwestern United States
- Mayan languages
- Yucatec Yucatec Maya language
- Uspantek Uspantek language
- Tzotzil Tzotzil language
Europe
Summary
- Sinitic languages
- Tibetic languages
- Tibet
- Bhutan
- Palaungic languages
- Danau Danaw language
- Rumai Palaung Palaung language
- Riang Riang language
- Lamet Lamet language
- Bumang Bumang language
- Khang Khang language
- Mang Mang language
- Bugan Bugan language
- Bolyu Bolyu language
- Khmuic languages
- Bahnaric languages
- Koho Koho language
- Southern Jeh Jeh language
- Aslian language
- Kensiu Kensiu language
- Khmer Khmer language
- Mon Mon language
- Katuic Katuic languages
- Nicobarese Nicobarese language
- Munda languages
- Norman Zide
- Korku Korku language
- Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Polynesian languages
- New Caledonia
- Paicî Paicî language
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Map overview Semantic statistics
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Nodes341
Edges340
Triples17
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005865
Components1
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Important terminology
tone languages tones pitch tonal language chinese may low syllable contour high systems one word two example also syllables consonants
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma to produce different words | instance of | its pitch depends chiefly on the tone of the preceding syllable.These tones combine with a syllable | 0.80 | text |
| one finds in music | instance of | rather than as a contrast of absolute pitch | 0.80 | text |
| Chinese | instance of | This is characteristic of heavily tonal languages | 0.80 | text |
| Vietnamese | instance of | This is characteristic of heavily tonal languages | 0.80 | text |
| Thai | instance of | This is characteristic of heavily tonal languages | 0.80 | text |
| and Hmong.However | instance of | This is characteristic of heavily tonal languages | 0.80 | text |
| in many African languages | instance of | This is characteristic of heavily tonal languages | 0.80 | text |
| especially in the Niger | instance of | This is characteristic of heavily tonal languages | 0.80 | text |
| Yoruba | instance of | In languages of West Africa | 0.80 | text |
| people may even communicate with so-called | instance of | In languages of West Africa | 0.80 | text |
| Tsat in Hainan are tonal.The entire Kra | instance of | plus some of the Chamic languages | 0.80 | text |
| the Dinka language | instance of | and Wolof.All Nilotic languages | 0.80 | text |
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