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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