Universal 702:

Universal 702:

Original

Languages with two or more interior vowels always have a high one.

Standardized

IF there are two or more interior vowels, THEN at least one of them must be high.

Keywords

vowel, high, interior

Domain

phonology

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of 209 languages in Crothers 1978

Source

Crothers 1978: 135, cited in Holenstein 1985: 125

Counterexamples

Temoayan Otomí (Oto-Manguean) (Yasugi 1995: 73)