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Universal 705:
- Original
- There is a tendency for high and low short vowels to be more central than the corresponding long vowels.
- Standardized
- There is a tendency for high and low short vowels to be more central than the corresponding long vowels.
- Keywords
- vowel, high, low, short, central, long
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- unconditional
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- sample of 209 languages in Crothers 1978
- Source
- Crothers 1978: 135, cited in Holenstein 1985: 126
- Counterexamples
- Ahuacatlan Nahuatl, Zongolica Nahuatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl (all Uto-Aztecan), Sacapultec Itzá, Comalapa Cakchiquel (both Quichean, Mayan) (Yasugi 1995: 74)
