Universal 722: complex contour tones ⇒ simple contour tones
- Original
- A language with complex contours also has simplex contours.
- Standardized
- IF there are complex tonal contours, THEN there will also be simpler ones.
- Keywords
- tone, contour tone, complex, simple
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- almost absolute
- Basis
- languages in Maddieson 1978
- Source
- Maddieson 1978: 346
- Counterexamples
- Yenisei (isolate)(Maddieson 1978)
