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Owing to the large number of tones in the Zzean language, how Zzeans perform or view as music is significantly different from mainstream Western, or East Asian, views.

Vocal music

Zzean singing traditions include:

  • an intoned singing tradition
  • hiphop/rap (speech with stylized rhythm and sometimes autotune)
  • a religious chanting tradition with much ornamentation