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Noun: tone system
  1. The system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
    - tonal system

Derived forms: tone systems

Type of: phonologic system, phonological system

Part of: tonal language, tone language

Encyclopedia: Tone system

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tondo
tone
tone arm
tone deafness
tone down
tone ending
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tone of voice
tone poem
tone system
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tone-beginning
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tone-deaf
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toneless
tonelessly
toneme
toner
tong