Is it tonal?
1,218 languages with data
In a tonal language, pitch distinguishes words: Mandarin mā “mother” and mǎ “horse” differ only in tone. In this sample nearly half the languages are tonal, concentrated in East and Southeast Asia, Africa and Central America.
From PHOIBLE, counting only sources that record tone; a few count pitch accent as tone.
No tones 684
EnglishSpanishHindiArabicBengaliIndonesianPortugueseFrenchRussianJapaneseFilipinoMarathiSwahiliTurkishTeluguKoreanGermanTamilUrduItalianEgyptian ArabicGujaratiWestern FarsiKannadaPolishMalayalamOdiaMaithiliSudanese ArabicMoroccan ArabicUkrainianSindhiRomanianDutchAwadhiAmharicSaraikiLingalaSerbian-Croatian-BosnianKhmer
2 tones 150
Nigerian PidginSomaliAkanRundiXhosaMossiNorwegianBambaraDagbaniDyulaLango (Uganda)BiniZimbabwean NdebeleManipuriTibetanKabiyéFrafraBasqueGaNobiinDurumaNgazidja ComorianNdzwani ComorianEton-MengisaKuanyamaHereroNyishi-Hill MiriFipaNavajoTangaleMbo (Cameroon)AbidjiTunenMokpwePeroLagwanMundurukúPichiKotiriaWaimaha
3 tones 191
4–5 tones 156
6 or more 37
VietnameseCantoneseBouyeiSoninkeIu MienMambwe-LunguBassaBenchNamaNgitiNaraTicunaLakkiaMolokoAttiéBafutBengBuli (Ghana)DanGwandaraKaramojongKemezungKomKoonzimeKoyra ChiiniLamnso'Lango-Logire-LogirLega-ShabundaLisuMwanNcane-MungongSangoSan Martín Itunyoso TriquiSochiapam ChinantecNizaaVengoWobe-Wè Northern