āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
tonal
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĻž
referring to variations in pitch used to convey meanings or emotions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Linguists study tonal languages like Thai and Vietnamese to understand how pitch affects meaning.
āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ
having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
tonality
tonal
ton
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
