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Intonation languagesand tone languages
• In intonation languages such as English and Icelandic, tone is a property of the sentence. The same sentence can have different tones, and the same word can have different tones. The lexical meaning of the word does not change.
• In tone languages such as Beijing Chinese and Hausa, tone is a property of the lexical item: a change of tone means mispronunciation, or a new word with a new meaning.
111 tasoshi
113 talaka
121 itache
132 iyaka
133 ajali
211 asiri
213 fÆntaña
213 alama
213 wahala
221 anfani
221 awgwagwwa