One common measurement for quilting purposes is the Fat Quarter. A fat quarter of fabric is 1/2 the width of the fabric (usually about 22 inches) by a 1/2 yard of length or 18 inches. A piece of cotton measuring 18 x 22 inches is what is generally referred to by the term Fat Quarter. Many quilts typically use 20 of these Fat Quarters in their design of the top or front side.
â¢ TONAL LANGUAGE (noun). The noun TONAL LANGUAGE has 1 sense: 1. a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings. Familiarity information: TONAL LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.ypernyms (tonal language is a kind of...): natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language). Meronyms (parts of tonal language): tonal system; tone system (the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language).
Tagalog is a non-tonal language with a relatively small number of phonemes, i.e., sounds that make a difference in word meaning. Vowels. Tagalog has 5 vowel phonemes, i.e., sounds that make a difference in word meaning. An interesting feature of Tagalog verbs, as in other in Malayo-Polynesian languages, is its focus (or trigger) system. 2  This means that the role of the noun marked by the absolutive marker is reflected in the verb. 3  There are several triggers: actor, object, location, beneficiary, instrument, and reason.