Universal 1603:

Universal 1603:

Original

Low vowels are more likely to be regressively nasalized than high vowels.

Standardized

IF high vowels are regressively nasalized, THEN low vowels are regressively nasalized as well.

Keywords

nasalization, regressive, low, high, vowel

Domain

phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages mentioned in Schourup 1972

Source

Schourup 1972: 540

Counterexamples

In Sora and other Munda languages, high back vowels are heavily nasalized, mid back vowels less nasalized, and low back vowels least nasalized of all. In Guarani (Tupi), only /i/ and /u/ are nasalized after an underlying nasal vowel. (Schourup 1972: 541)