Tones in Jukunoid languages

This is a first attempt to describe the tones of Jukunoid. Jukunoid is one of the major language sub-families of Benue-Congo. It comprises several languages all of which dispose of the SVO word order. Before addressing the topic directly, a succinct over­ view of Jukunoid will be offered. This comprises linguistic-geographic classification and location of the languages, linguistic-historical background/research chronology as well as information on some basic characteristics in areas of phonology and mor­ phology. We distinguish Central and Southern Jukunoid language groups. I start with Southern Jukunoid