Re: [lojban] Logos Initiative

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 20:12:23 Gleki Arxokuna wrote:
> 2014-09-23 16:58 GMT+04:00 'John E Clifford' via lojban <
> 
> lojban@googlegroups.com>:
> > Losing the thread here.  But
> > English is a tonal language?
> 
> yes, say aloud this last phrase and hear the tone.

A tonal language is one in which changing the tone of a word turns it into a 
different word. English has words in which changing which syllable is stressed 
turns them into different words (e.g. entrance), but no words in which changing 
the tone turns them into different words.

Pierre
-- 
li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci

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