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NOLanguage Name | Show on Map | Guthrie code | A01: Is your language tonal (i.e. pitch-based minimal pairs exist)? | A02: Is there a contrastive contour tone (i.e. phonological) in the tonal inventory? | A03: How many phonemic contrasts in tone? Provide tonal (near-)minimal pairs if possible. Count phonological toneless as one category. | A03-1: What is the underlying tonal system of your language? | A04: What is the tone bearing unit (TBU)? | A05: How many phonetic realization of tone (i.e. number of pitch levels and number of pitch contour)? | A06: Does the language have lexical contrasts of tone? | A06-1: How many nominal tonal patterns are there? (Note1: tone of noun class prefixes is asked in P7-1; Note2: you may present stem and/or root level descriptions) | A06-2: How many verbal tonal patterns are there? | A07: Does tone play a role of marking specific functions? | lat | lng | icon |
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Herero | R31 | Yes | No | 2 | /H/ vs. /L/ | syllable | Yes | more than 3 | Yes | -21.0231 | 20.5655 | http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/red.png | |||
Inner Mubugu | M20A | Yes | No | 2 | /H/ vs. /ø/ (H is the privative tone) | syllable | identical to the number of phonemic tone | Yes | more than 3 | Yes | -4.72863 | 38.3519 | http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/red.png | ||
Matengo | N13 | Yes | No | 2 | /H/ vs. /ø/ (H is the privative tone) | mora | Yes | 1 (no contrast) | Yes | -11.554 | 35.0056 | http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/red.png | |||
Rombo | E623 | Yes | No | 2 | /H/ vs. /ø/ (H is the privative tone) | syllable | describe additional tones that are not phonemic | Yes | 2^n-1 | 2 | Yes | -3.07772 | 37.5382 | http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/red.png | |
Tembo | J57 | Yes | No | 2 | /L/ vs. /ø/ (L is the privative tone) | mora | identical to the number of phonemic tone | Yes | 2^n | 2 | Yes | -1.91863 | 28.5778 | http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/red.png |