Below you will find example sentences with "low tone". The examples show how this phrase is used in real sentences and which words often surround it.

Low Tone in a sentence

About this phrase

  • Belongs to the word: tone

Words in this phrase

tone

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • tone can mean: A specific pitch. Frequent word

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

high 6× languages 3× word 3× example 2× bantu 2× cognate 2× vice 2× versa 2× language 2× stress 2× left 2× glottalized 2×

Related phrases

month low week low low pressure low temperatures edge tone low birth relatively low low levels historically low low density

Other phrases with this word

Other phrases with tone:

high tone 7× neutral tone 6×

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

low pressure low temperatures low birth low levels low density low frequency

Same ending:

edge tone high tone neutral tone

Example types with low tone

Below, the examples are grouped by length and sentence type:

Short example sentences

For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization. (22 words)

That is, a word which has a high tone in one language will have a cognate with a low tone in another, and vice versa. (25 words)

If the murmured consonant was at the beginning of a word, it left behind a low tone; at the end, it left begind a high tone. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

For example, the Kono language distinguishes high tone and low tone on syllables: citation Stress Languages in which stress may occur in different positions within the word often have contrasts that can be shown in minimal pairs. (37 words)

The two groups have been described as having mirror-image tone systems: Where Northwest Bantu has a high tone in a cognate, Central Bantu languages generally have a low tone, and vice versa. (33 words)

Languages with "stiff" glottalized consonants and tense voice developed high tone on the preceding vowel and those with "slack" glottalized consonants with creaky voice developed low tone. (27 words)

Example sentences (6)

For example, high tone in Navajo and low tone in Slavey are due to contrast with the tone triggered by the glottalization.

The two groups have been described as having mirror-image tone systems: Where Northwest Bantu has a high tone in a cognate, Central Bantu languages generally have a low tone, and vice versa.

For example, the Kono language distinguishes high tone and low tone on syllables: citation Stress Languages in which stress may occur in different positions within the word often have contrasts that can be shown in minimal pairs.

If the murmured consonant was at the beginning of a word, it left behind a low tone; at the end, it left begind a high tone.

Languages with "stiff" glottalized consonants and tense voice developed high tone on the preceding vowel and those with "slack" glottalized consonants with creaky voice developed low tone.

That is, a word which has a high tone in one language will have a cognate with a low tone in another, and vice versa.