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Universal 1247:
- Original
- If tone spreading takes place from a mid tone into a following low, then tone spreading also takes place from a high tone into a following low tone.
- Standardized
- IF tone spreading takes place from a mid tone into a following low, THEN tone spreading also takes place from a high tone into a following low tone.
- Keywords
- tone, tone spreading
- Domain
- prosodic phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- West African languages: Bolanci, Ga?anda, Hausa, Kanakuru (=Dera), Ngizim (all Chadic); Etsako (Edoid); Ewe, Twi (both Kwa); Gwari, Igbirra, Nupe (all Nupoid); Igbo (Igboid); Yoruba (Defoid); Fe?fe?, Kikuyu, Kinga, Mbui, Safwa, Sukuma, Tigong, Xhosa, Zulu (all Bantu); Kpelle, Mende (both Mande).
- Source
- Hyman & Schuh 1972: 14 (Hyman & Schuh 1972[1974]: 89)
- Counterexamples