Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...

The Hmong language, spoken in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, can have seven or even eight tones. It’s dazzling, really. If you say paw like a statement, it means “female.” ...

Your native language could impact your musical ability. A global study that compared the melodic and rhythmic abilities of almost half a million people speaking 54 different languages found that ...

Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to researchers. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

If you’re attuned to paying attention to pitch through learning a tonal language or through music, that training is going to help you in either situation.” The research team recruited 127 participants ...

Speakers of tonal languages such as Cantonese appear to have a genetic variant that makes it easier to hear lexical tones. But the genetic effect is only small. Having had music lessons is much ...

A new study has found that genes may actually contribute to learning the supposed "tonal languages", such as Chinese. Dan Dediu and Robert Ladd of Edinburgh University, UK, have exposed the first ...

Toronto, CANADA – Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to Canadian researchers. Tonal languages, found mainly in Asia, Africa and ...

Non-musicians speaking tonal languages like Cantonese may have a better ear for understanding musical notes, researchers say. Tonal languages, found mainly in Asia, Africa and South America, have ...

Tonal languages, found mainly in Asia, Africa and South America, have an abundance of high and low pitch patterns as part of speech. In these languages, ...