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The Clue

Like Chinese, as a language (5 letter answer)

The Answer

TONAL

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Notes

The answer TONAL is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

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Harmonious
Harmonizing
Melodious
Of melody
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Pitched
Scaly?
Of sound
Of timbre
Adjective for a fugue
Of a color scheme
Having harmony
Having a keynote
Having melody
Of keys and chords
Kind of fugue
Like a fugue
Of muscular power
Of muscular vigor
Of a musical key
Not dissonant
Opposed to modal
Pertaining to pitch
Pertaining to sound
Relating to pitch
Relating to sound
Of sound quality
Of sounds of music
Having melody and harmony
Like the Chinese language
Like most music
Like much music
Like the Vietnamese language
Of music having a key
Of musical sound quality
Unlike the opera "Wozzeck"
Like most Western music
Like Schönberg's early work

Definition

TONAL as an adjective:

1. (tonic, tonal) = employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language"
2. having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic