Editing Meeussen's rule (section)

===HHH > HLL===
Just as HH (high tone + high tone) can become HL (high tone + low tone) by Meeussen's rule, HHH also often becomes HLL, and HHHH becomes HLLL. Thus in [[Luganda]], a Bantu language of [[Uganda]], the word ''*b'''á'''-l'''í'''-l'''á'''ba'' 'they will see', which theoretically has three High tones, is actually pronounced ''b'''á'''lilabá'' with only one.<ref>Hyman & Katamba (1993), pp.&nbsp;36, 45.</ref> (The tone on the last syllable is an automatically generated phrasal tone; see [[Luganda tones]].)

This process does not operate in the same way in every language, however. For example, in [[Shona language|Shona]], a Bantu language of Zimbabwe]], the similar verb *'''''á'''-ch'''á'''-t'''é'''ng'''á''''' 'he will buy' transforms to '''''á'''-cha-t'''é'''ng'''á''''', where only one syllable is lowered by Meeussen's rule.<ref>Myers (1997), p. 864.</ref>