tonal system

1. 1.

   the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language

   Synonymstone system

   Broaderphonological system

   Part oftone language

Questions about tonal system

What does tonal system mean?

tonal system means "the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language".

What is another word for tonal system?

Close synonyms include tone system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tonal system a common word?

tonal system 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.