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I was wondering recently whether the tonal information is lost in tonal languages like Chinese, when it is whispered. Can Chinese still be understood when whispered?

Dominic van der Zypen
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whispering changes the phonation, but not pitch of speech so I don't see any reason why tonal languages (with the possible exception of so-called register tones, which are really differences of phonation) would be any more affected than non-tonal ones

Tristan
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