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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>In phonology, a '''contour tone''' is a sequence of different [[tone height]]s realized on one [[vowel]] in [[tone language]]s.<br />
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===Example===<br />
In Igbo the word àkàla 'cup' has two vowels with a low tone; the final vowel, however, has a sequence of a low tone and a high tone.<br />
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===Link===<br />
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Contour+tone&lemmacode=929 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br />
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===Reference===<br />
Goldsmith 1976. Autosegmental phonology. PhD diss. MIT, Cambridge MA. Distributed by IULC, published by Garland Press, New York, 1979.<br />
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