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'''Tone''' is the use of [[pitch]] to distinguish words.  Different tones that distinguish words in the same way as phonemes are called '''tonemes''', and languages with tonemes are called '''tonal languages'''.  The majority of languages in the world are tonal languages.<ref>[http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Tone_%28linguistics%29 Tone (linguistics)]</ref>
 
'''Tone''' is the use of [[pitch]] to distinguish words.  Different tones that distinguish words in the same way as phonemes are called '''tonemes''', and languages with tonemes are called '''tonal languages'''.  The majority of languages in the world are tonal languages.<ref>[http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Tone_%28linguistics%29 Tone (linguistics)]</ref>
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==Examples==
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The sound represented by /æ/ is the "a" in ​"sat...past...fan...camera"<ref>https://www.americanenglishsounds.net/aelig-sat-past.html</ref>  It is slightly different from the "a" in "cat" and "bat".
 
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