tone system

English Thesaurus

1. the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	phonologic system, phonological system,
definition	:	the system of phones used in a particular language (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	tonal language, tone language,
definition	:	a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings (noun.communication)