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 

• TONAL SYSTEM (noun)

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)