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Moneme vs Toneme - What's the difference?

moneme | toneme |

As nouns the difference between moneme and toneme

is that moneme is (linguistics|uncommon) morpheme while toneme is (linguistics) a phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.

moneme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics, uncommon) morpheme

    • toneme

    English

    (wikipedia toneme)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) a phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.