Universal #1262

Legacy number: 1262

 Number  1258
 Original  Unstressed vowels are more likely to assimilate than stressed vowels.
 Standardized  Unstressed vowels are more likely to assimilate than stressed vowels.
 Keywords  assimilation, vowel harmony, stress
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic, diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Ultan 1973
 Source  Ultan 1973: 47, mentoined in Bhat 1975: 33

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