Home › Entities › aspect_of_vocalization › tone

tone

use of pitch to differentiate words in a language
Event aspect_of_vocalization Q833734
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

tone

Summary

tone is an aspect of vocalization[1]. tone draws 1,625 Wikipedia views per month (aspect_of_vocalization category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • tone's instance of is recorded as aspect of vocalization[3].
  • tone is a type of suprasegmental[4].
  • tone is a type of stress[5].
  • tone is a type of tonal or pitched phonation[6].
  • tone is used for stress[7].
  • tone's Commons category is recorded as Tones (linguistics)[8].
  • tone's said to be the same as is recorded as pitch accent[9].
  • tone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tone (linguistics)[10].
  • tone's notation is recorded as tone mark[11].
  • tone's facet of is recorded as phoneme[12].
  • tone's facet of is recorded as speech act[13].
  • tone's facet of is recorded as tonal language[14].
  • tone's different from is recorded as intonation[15].
  • tone's studied by is recorded as linguistics[16].
  • tone's studied by is recorded as phonology[17].
  • tone's studied by is recorded as tonology[18].

Body

Context

tone's instance of is recorded as aspect of vocalization[3].

Why It Matters

tone draws 1,625 Wikipedia views per month (aspect_of_vocalization category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] tone has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] tone is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

linguistics phonology

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Panjabi: A Comprehensive Grammar. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). tone. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tone
MLA “tone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tone.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): tone — https://4ort.xyz/entity/tone (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tone · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → pitch accent
    Instance of → aspect of vocalization
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/tone-speech
    Notation → tone mark
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541474405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.