Universal #1337
Legacy number: 1337
| Number | 1333 |
| Original | If we define a ‘vowel system’ to include all the segmental phonemes that occur as syllable peaks, then every language has a vowel system. = Every language has segmental phonemes that occur as syllable peaks. |
| Standardized | If we define a ‘vowel system’ to include all the segmental phonemes that occur as syllable peaks, then every language has a vowel system. = Every language has segmental phonemes that occur as syllable peaks. |
| Keywords | phoneme, syllable |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Hockett 1963: 27 |
Discussion
Notes
Hockett 1963: 27: “If we define ‘vowel system’ to include all the segmental phonemes that occur only as syllable peaks, then at least one language, Wishram, apparently has a vowel system of one element, which is only trivially a ‘system’.” And Kabardian?
Comment
Hockett 1963: 27: "If we define "vowel system" to include all the segmental phonemes that occur only as syllable peaks, then at least one language, Wishram, apparently has a vowel system of one element, which is only trivially a "Ôsystem"." And Kabardian?
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