Universal #1071
Legacy number: 1071
| Number | 1067 |
| Original | If there is a contrast between light and heavy syllables, then there is a contrast of vowel length. |
| Standardized | IF there is a contrast between light and heavy syllables, THEN there is a contrast of vowel length. |
| Keywords | syllable, vowel, vowel quantity, syllable weight |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 444 languages in Hyman 1977 |
| Source | Hyman 1977: 47, attributed to Jakobson, Trubetzkoy, and others |
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