Universal #1260

Legacy number: 1260

 Number  1256
 Original  High vowels tend to assimilate more readily and earlier than low vowels.
 Standardized  High vowels tend to assimilate more readily and earlier than low vowels.
 Keywords  assimilation, vowel harmony
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic, diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Ultan 1973
 Source  Ultan 1973: 44

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Examples: Altaic languages, Akan (Kwa, Niger-Congo).
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Examples: Altaic languages, Akan (Kwa, Niger-Congo).