Universal #1808

Legacy number: 1808

 Number  1803
 Original  A long high back rounded vowel does not occur without a long high front unrounded vowel.
 Standardized  IF there is a long high back rounded vowel [u:], THEN there is a long high front unrounded vowel [i:].
 Keywords  vowel, length, height, back, front, roundedness
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Maddieson’s UPSID-451 database
 Source  Pericliev (i.p.)

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Cf. a similar claim: (#884) IF there is a lower high back rounded vowel, THEN there will be a high or lower high front vowel.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. a similar claim: (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=884"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) IF there is a lower high back rounded vowel, THEN there will be a high or lower high front vowel.