Universal #1414

Legacy number: 1414

 Number  1410
 Original  In all languages possessing the vowel ä, the a is articulated more backward (velar) than in languages which have no ä.
 Standardized  In all languages possessing the vowel /ä/, the /a/ is articulated more backward (velar) than in languages which have no /ä/.
 Keywords  vowel, backness
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Finno-Ugric languages
 Source  Décsy 1970: 14

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Notes
Examples of ä/a contrast: Hungarian, Ostyak, Lapp, Mordvin, and all Balto-Finnic languages.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Examples of ä/a contrast: Hungarian, Ostyak, Lapp, Mordvin, and all Balto-Finnic languages.