Research Guides: List of Grammars (Non-Indo-European): Languages with Contrastive Tone

Languages with Contrastive Tone

Acoma
United States (Keres)
Approved for LING 115
- Stress
- BMC copy bound with Maidu Grammar and Piro (Arawakan) Grammar
Acooli
Uganda (Nilo-Saharan)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Bora
Peru (Witotoan)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 55–98
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Cherokee, Oklahoma
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United States (Iroquoian)
Approved for LING 115
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Chinese (Standard)
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China (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
- Title: The Phonology of Standard Chinese
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Chinese, Mandarin
China (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Etsako
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Nigeria (Niger-Congo)
- Title: A Tonal Grammar of Etsako
- Tone Language
- Alternate Names: Yekhee, Afenmai, Etsakor, Iyekhee
Gbeya
Central African Republic (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 34, 36
Goemai
Nigeria (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 42–51
Hausa
Nigeria (Afro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Simple Tone
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Hup (Hupdë)
Brazil (Maku)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone and Stress: discussion, pp. 86–98
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Japanese (2002, rev. 2013)
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Japan (Japonic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone ("pitch accent") Language
- See also: A History of the Japanese Language
Japanese (2012)
Japan (Japonic)
Approved for LING 115
- Title: Japanese Phonology
- Tone ("pitch accent") Language
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- See also: A History of the Japanese Language
Kinyarwanda
Rwanda (Niger-Congo)
Approved for LING 115
- Simple Tone
Kiowa
United States (Kiowa Tanoan)
Approved for LING 115
Lango
Uganda (Nilo-Saharan)
Approved for LING 115
- Complex Tone: discussion pp. 44–65; Simple Stress: discussion pp. 42–43
Mixtec, Alacatlatzala
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Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- In Spanish
- See also: Diccionario del idioma mixteco: Tutu Tu'un Ñuu Savi
- Alternate names: Tu'un Savi, To'on Savi, Highland Guerrero Mixtec, Mixteco de Alacatlatzala
Mixtec, Chalcatongo
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Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Approved for LING 115
Navajo (1987)
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United States (Na-Dene)
Not Approved for LING 115
- How have past students rated this grammar?
- An earlier edition is also available in the Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr reference collections.
Nigerian Pidgin
Nigeria (Pidgin)
Approved for LING 115
- Simple Tone and Stress
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Otomí de San Ildefonso Tultepec, Querétaro
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Approved for LING 115
- In Spanish
Slave
Canada (Na-Dene)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone language: discussion pp. 103–127
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Teribe
Panama (Chibchan)
Approved for LING 115
- Marginal Tone System
Tibetan, Dongwang
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China (Sino-Tibetan)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Tuvan
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Russia (Altaic)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Urarina
Peru (Language Isolate)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone ("pitch accent") Language: discussion pp. 120–150
Vietnamese
Viet Nam (Austro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: discussion pp. 15–
- How have past students rated this grammar?
Vietnamese (Annamese)
Viet Nam (Austro-Asiatic)
Approved for LING 115
- Tone Language: very brief discussion p. 28
Zapotec, Choapan
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Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- In Spanish and Zapotec
Zapotec, Mitla (Oaxaca)
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Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- See also: Mitla Zapotec Texts &
  Diccionario zapoteco de Mitla, Oaxaca
Zapotec, San Bartolome Zoogocho
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Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- See also: Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca
Zapotec, Santa María Quiegolani
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Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
- Title: Quiegolani Zapotec Syntax
- Tone Language
Zapotec, Valley
Mexico (Oto-Manguean)
Approved for LING 115
- Contrastive Tone
- How have past students rated this grammar?