Tones in Tani languages: A fieldworker’s guide Mark W. Post University of New England and University of Berne 1. Introduction Figure 1 - Tone in the world’s languages (WALS Feature Map 13a; red circles are languages with several tones, pink circles have few tones, white circles have no tones) Figure 2 – The Eastern Himalaya, showing the Tani Language Area in rough outline