Universal 729:

Universal 729:

Original

When a marked phonation type is restricted in distribution to certain tones, those tones are in the highest or lowest part of the scale used by the language concerned.

Standardized

When marked phonation types are restricted in distribution to certain tones, those tones are in the highest or lowest part of the scale used by the language concerned.

Keywords

tone, marked phonation type

Domain

phonology

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages in Maddieson 1978

Source

Maddieson 1978: 355

Counterexamples