Grinding tone

Schleifton stands for the following intonation phenomena:

• Schleifton (Limburgish) , Rhenish sharpening or sleeptoon , a tone accent in the Limburg and Ripuarian languages
• Grinding tone (Lithuanian) ( tvirtagalė, kylančioji or tęstinė priegaidė ), a tone accent in the Lithuanian languages

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.