Universal #1048
Legacy number: 1048
| Number | 1044 |
| Original | Whenever syllable closure is counted as an extra mora, vowel length is always present and likewise counts as two mora(s), but not necessarily vice versa. |
| Standardized | IF syllable closure is counted as an extra mora, THEN vowel length is present and likewise counts as two mora(s), but not necessarily vice versa. |
| Keywords | vowel, syllable, length |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976 |
| Source | Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 19 |
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