contour language

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   a tone language that uses pitch changes

   Broadertone language

Questions about contour language

What does contour language mean?

contour language means "a tone language that uses pitch changes".

Is contour language a common word?

contour language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.