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tone control
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tone down
tone language
tone poem
tone row
tone up
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toneme
ton·eme [ tṓ nm ] (plural ton·emes)


noun 
Definition:
 
phoneme in tone language: a phoneme in a tone language in which the distinctive feature is a tone
[Early 20th century. After phoneme]

to·ne·mic [ tō nmik ] adjective
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