Universal #1932

Legacy number: 1932

 Number  1926
 Original  There is an apparently universal iconic tendency in diminutives and augmentatives: diminutives tend to contain high front vowels, whereas augmentatives tend to contain high back vowels.
 Standardized  Diminutives tend to contain high front vowels, whereas augmentatives tend to contain high back vowels.
 Keywords  diminutive, augmentative, vowel, high, front, back, iconicity
 Domain  phonology, semantics
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages surveyed in T.Payne 1997
 Source  T.Payne 1997: 110

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Counterexamples
Korean, Bahnaric (see Raritätenkabinett)