Editing Definition of music (section)

==Concepts of music==
Because of differing fundamental concepts of music, the languages of many cultures do not contain a word that can be accurately translated as "music" as that word is generally understood by Western cultures.{{sfn|Nettl|2005}} [[Inuit]] and most [[North American Indian]] languages do not have a general term for music. Among the [[Aztecs]], the ancient [[Mexico|Mexican]] theory of rhetoric, poetry, dance, and instrumental music used the [[Nahuatl]] term ''In xochitl-in kwikatl'' to refer to a complex mix of music and other poetic verbal and non-verbal elements, and reserved the word ''Kwikakayotl'' (or cuicacayotl) only for the sung expressions.{{sfn|Leon-Portilla|2007|loc=11}} There is no term for music in Nigerian languages [[Tiv language|Tiv]], [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]], [[Igbo language|Igbo]], [[Efik language|Efik]], [[Berom language|Birom]], [[Hausa language|Hausa]], [[Idoma language|Idoma]], [[Eggon language|Eggon]] or [[Jarawa language (Nigeria)|Jarawa]]. Many other languages have terms which only partly cover what Western culture typically means by the term ''music''.{{sfn|Schafer|1996|loc=222-223}} The [[Mapuche]] of [[Argentina]] do not have a word for ''music'', but they do have words for instrumental versus improvised forms (''kantun''), European and non-Mapuche music (''kantun winka''), ceremonial songs (''öl''), and ''tayil''.{{sfn|Robertson–de Carbo|1976|loc=39}}

While some languages in West Africa have no term for music, some West African languages accept the general concepts of music.{{sfn|Nettl|1989|loc=48}} ''Musiqi'' is the [[Persian language|Persian]] word for the science and art of music, ''muzik'' being the sound and performance of music,{{sfn|Sakata|1983|loc=39}} though some things European-influenced listeners would include, such as [[Quran]] chanting, are excluded.