The Mahongwe word manono, for example, means “I like” when spoken soft and flat, and “I don't like” when the first syllable is a tad sharper in tone.

例如，马宏威语词汇manono，当用温和平缓的语调发音时，意思为“我喜欢”，而当第一个音节发音稍微尖锐时，意思却是“我不喜欢”。

Manono is a particular linguistic oddity, since it uses only tone to differentiate an affirmative from a negative—a phenomenon the ELA has since discovered applies to all verbs in Mahongwe.

从语言学角度上看，Manono这个词是个独特的怪胎，因为它只用声调来区分肯定和否定——濒危语言联盟已经发现这个现象适用于马宏威语中所有的动词。