Universal #1331

Legacy number: 1331

 Number  1327
 Original  Every human language makes use of distinction of vowel color.
 Standardized  Every human language makes use of distinction of vowel color.
 Keywords  vowel
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Hockett 1963: 25

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Discussion
Notes
Vowel color is defined as combination of formants.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Vowel color is defined as combination of formants.