Editing Tone (linguistics) (section)

===Tonal polarity===
Languages with simple tone systems or [[pitch accent]] may have one or two syllables specified for tone, with the rest of the word taking a default tone. Such languages differ in which tone is marked and which is the default. In [[Navajo language|Navajo]], for example, syllables have a low tone by default, whereas marked syllables have high tone. In the related language [[Sekani language|Sekani]], however, the default is high tone, and marked syllables have low tone.{{sfnp|Kingston|2005}} There are parallels with stress: English stressed syllables have a higher pitch than unstressed syllables.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chrabaszcz |first1=Anna |last2=Winn |first2=Matthew |last3=Lin |first3=Candise Y. |last4=Idsardi |first4=William J. |date=August 2014 |title=Acoustic Cues to Perception of Word Stress by English, Mandarin, and Russian Speakers |journal=Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research |language=en |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=1468–1479 |doi=10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0279 |issn=1092-4388 |pmc=5503100 |pmid=24686836}}</ref>