Editing Hausa language (section)

===Tones===
Hausa is a [[tonal language]]. Each of its five [[vowel]]s may have low tone, high tone or falling tone. In standard written Hausa, tone is not marked. In recent linguistic and pedagogical materials, tone is marked by means of diacritics.

: {{big|à è ì ò ù}}&nbsp;– low tone: [[grave accent]] ({{big|`}})

: {{big|â ê î ô û}}&nbsp;– falling tone: [[circumflex]] ({{big|ˆ}})

An [[acute accent]] ({{big|´}}) may be used for high tone, but the usual practice is to leave high tone unmarked.