Universal 886: back unrounded vowel ⇒ front unrounded vowel
- Original
- A back unrounded vowel implies a front unrounded vowel at the same tongue height.
- Standardized
- IF there is a back unrounded vowel, THEN there is a front unrounded vowel of corresponding tongue height.
- Keywords
- unrounded, front, back, vowel, height
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 170 languages surveyed in Sedlak 1969
- Source
- Sedlak 1969: 31
- Counterexamples
