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Intonation languages and tone languages

Intonation languages and tone languages. In intonation languages such as English and Icelandic, tone is a property of the sentence. The same sentence can have different tones, and the same word can have different tones. The lexical meaning of the word does not change.

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Intonation languages and tone languages

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  1. Intonation languagesand tone languages • In intonation languages such as English and Icelandic, tone is a property of the sentence. The same sentence can have different tones, and the same word can have different tones. The lexical meaning of the word does not change. • In tone languages such as Beijing Chinese and Hausa, tone is a property of the lexical item: a change of tone means mispronunciation, or a new word with a new meaning.

  2. 111 tasoshi

  3. 113 talaka

  4. 121 itache

  5. 132 iyaka

  6. 133 ajali

  7. 211 asiri

  8. 213 fÆntaña

  9. 213 alama

  10. 213 wahala

  11. 221 anfani

  12. 221 awgwagwwa

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