Hogan, John T.2026-10-191996-07-01Hogan, J. T., & Manyeh, M. (1996). A Study of Kono Tone Spacing. Phonetica, 53(4), 221–229. https://doi.org/10.1159/00026220210.1159/000262202https://doi.org/10.1159/000262202https://dspace.njala.edu.sl/handle/20.500.144402/1787Measurements were made of the fundamental frequency of a register two-tone language, Kono, a Northern Mande language from the Niger-Congo group. This language has the tonal feature of downstep which conveys linguistic information in specific contexts and introduces a terracing effect on successive high tones. The physical values were converted into their musical scale equivalents and comparisons were made with a three-tone system. They were found to be different. Observations of local and global tone ranges were made and were discussed in terms of tone spacing.enMetadata only. Full text is not deposited in this repository; it is available from the publisher: https://doi.org/10.1159/000262202fundamental frequencyArticle