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TONAL SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tonal system mean?
• TONAL SYSTEM (noun)
The noun TONAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
Familiarity information: TONAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
tonal system; tone system
Hypernyms ("tonal system" is a kind of...):
phonologic system; phonological system (the system of phones used in a particular language)
Holonyms ("tonal system" is a part of...):
tonal language; tone language (a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings)
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