Universal 1852:

Original: The nonlateral has a noncentralizing or backing effect on a neighboring vowel.
Standardized: When a vowel is adjacent to a nonlateral, it will be centralized or backed.
Keywords: liquid, nonlateral, centralization, back, vowel
Domain: phonology
Type: no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status: unclear whether diachronic and/or achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: languages in Bhat 1974
Source: Bhat 1974: 78

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