Datapoint Kikongo-Kituba/Tone

The dominant pattern is a high tone (called "accent") on the penultimate syllable. However, there are also many words with different H-L tone combinations.

Values

Simple system, for lexical distinctions only

Example 58-151:
malembe (LHL)
malembe
slow
slow
Example 58-152:
munoko (LLL)
munoko
mouth
mouth
Example 58-153:
dilala/malala LHH
dilala/malala
orange
LHH
oranges
orange/oranges
Example 58-154:
polo-polo (LH-LH)
polo-polo
indiscrete
indiscrete
Example 58-155:
pete-pete (LL-LL)
pete-pete
(very).soft
(very) soft
Confidence:
Very certain