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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 | ||||
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noun • the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia | ||||
| 39% | 6 | From “song”, a term for brogue, pronunciation, tone of voice or twang, such as the sing-songy tonal language among the Chinese or Swedish | ||
noun • distinctive manner of oral expression • special importance or significance • the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people • the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) • a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation verb • to stress, single out as important • put stress on; utter with an accent | ||||
Tonal Language Family
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1 | A tonal language with complex tonal patterns | |
2 | From “song”, a term for brogue, pronunciation, tone of voice or twang, such as the sing-songy tonal language among the Chinese or Swedish
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
22 Feb 2025 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 22 Feb 2025 |
3 | Group of tonal languages
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11 Dec 2022 | New York Times / 11 Dec 2022 |
4 | Indian tonal drum
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14 Dec 2023 | New York Times / 14 Dec 2023 |
5 | Play guitar, restraining muscle to produce the full tonal range?
The Guardian Cryptic -
12 May 2009 | The Guardian Cryptic / 12 May 2009 |
6 | Some languages in this family are tonal while others are non-tonal | |
7 | Tonal Asian language
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09 Dec 2024 | Telegraph Cross Atlantic / 09 Dec 2024 |
