tone language

English Thesaurus

1. a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	natural language, tongue,
definition	:	a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	contour language,
definition	:	a tone language that uses pitch changes (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	register language,
definition	:	a tone language that uses different voice registers (noun.communication)

part holonym	:	tonal system, tone system,
definition	:	the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language (noun.communication)