Universal #1857
Legacy number: 1857
| Number | 1852 |
| Original | The nonlateral has a noncentralizing or backing effect on a neighboring vowel. |
| Standardized | When a vowel is adjacent to a nonlateral, it will be centralized or backed. |
| Keywords | liquid, nonlateral, centralization, back, vowel |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | unclear whether diachronic and/or achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Bhat 1974 |
| Source | Bhat 1974: 78 |
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