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noun • A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos. | ||||
| 32% | 9 | They can be tonal or non-tonal | ||
noun • a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols • (language) communication by word of mouth • the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number • the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication • the mental faculty or power of vocal communication • a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | ||||
| 31% | 5 | Tonal language family | ||
adjective • of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture noun • a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa • a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent | ||||
Indian Tonal Drum
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