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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A language, as Mandarin or Somali, in which pitch or the pitch contour distinguishes the meanings of words that are otherwise the same phonologically.
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- noun a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings
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