Sentence examples for distinct tones from inspiring English sources

There are five distinct tones in Thai: mid, low, falling, high, and rising.

Although Lavery has lived in London for most of her adult life, she still, at 65, has the distinct tones of her Yorkshire birthplace.

Each syllable could be spoken in four distinct tones: a high tone, a rising tone, a falling and rising tone, and a falling tone.

There are also three distinct tones, a feature shared with the other Senufo languages.

The following table contains all the licit spellings of POJ syllables, based on a number of sources: |- |style= padding-left:20px;"| |} In standard Amoy or Taiwanese Hokkien there are seven distinct tones, which by convention are numbered 1–8, with number 6 omitted (tone 6 used to be a distinct tone, but has long since merged with tone 2).

Discrete phonological phenomena form our conscious experience of language: continuous changes in pitch appear as distinct tones to the speakers of tone languages, whereas the speakers of quantity languages experience duration categorically.

"The Unforgiving Minute" is divided into sections, each with a distinct tone.

Each of the three plays that make up the epic also has its own distinct tone.

We believe it's important to serve music news and downloads with an opinion, with distinct tone and colour.

The BBC's award has always been a mannered affair, with its own distinct tone and texture.

In enlarging the play Mr. Rogers also tripled the cast, supplying a distinct tone and vocabulary for each new character.