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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Starting with some research on marking tone in African orthographies, I’ve come across 37 languages that mark the singular and plural distinction of at least some of their nouns solely by tone. Interestingly, in about 2/3 of these so far, the plural has some sort of higher tone than the singular. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m looking for other examples of the same thing, particularly non-African. Wayne Leman sent me some Cheyenne examples. In Cheyenne, there seems no consistent pattern of either raising or lowering the tone of the plural – it’s all over the place. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m hoping some of you know of other languages that do this kind of thing. Of course, I’m not averse to hearing about African languages – it may be quite possible you know of a language I don’t have on my list yet. Please copy me directly (<a href="mailto:mike_cahill@sil.org">mike_cahill@sil.org</a>) as well as the list!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike Cahill</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">**************************************************************</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Dr. Michael Cahill</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Orthography Services Coordinator, SIL International </p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Dallas, TX 75236</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">USA</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">email: <a href="mailto:mike_cahill@sil.org">mike_cahill@sil.org</a></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">phone: 972-708-7632</p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">**************************************************************</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>