Universal #1845

Legacy number: 1845

 Number  1840
 Original  If a language has long raised low front unrounded vowels [æ:] then it also has long high back rounded vowels [u:].
 Standardized  IF there is a long raised low front unrounded vowel, THEN there is also a long high back rounded vowel.
 Keywords  vowel, round, high, low, long
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Maddieson’s UPSID-451 database
 Source  Pericliev (i.p.)

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Cf. #688.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=688"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">