{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Upstep - Newikis","description":"In linguistics, upstep is a phonemic or phonetic upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. It is best known in the tonal languages of Sub-Saharan Africa. Upstep is a much rarer phenomenon than its counterpart, downstep.","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400}