bahasa berton

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Compound of bahasa (“language”) +‎ ber- +‎ ton (“tone”). === Noun === bahasa berton (plural bahasa-bahasa berton) (linguistics) tonal language (a language in which the musical pitch or tone of a spoken syllable changes the fundamental meaning of a word) Synonym: bahasa tonal === Further reading === “bahasa berton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016