tonogenesis

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Etymology

tono- +‎ -genesis; coined by American linguist James Matisoff in 1970 in his paper Glottal dissimilation and the Lahu high-rising tone: A tonogenetic case-study.

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tonogenesis (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) A process in which a language develops tones.

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