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And Rosta and.rosta@hidden.email [engelang] scripsit: > As you know, English doesn't have lexically contrastive tones, unlike > Chinese. As for whether it has phonologically contrastive tones at all, I > think it probably has two, but it could have none (and some think it has > about seven). Guaspi has six tones, but they are not lexical; rather, they are used to express the syntax of the language. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@hidden.email When I'm stuck in something boring where reading would be impossible or rude, I often set up math problems for myself and solve them as a way to pass the time. --John Jenkins