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CONTOUR LANGUAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contour language mean?
• CONTOUR LANGUAGE (noun)
The noun CONTOUR LANGUAGE has 1 sense:
1. a tone language that uses pitch changes
Familiarity information: CONTOUR LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tone language that uses pitch changes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("contour language" is a kind of...):
tonal language; tone language (a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings)
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