Universal #701

Legacy number: 701

 Number  698
 Original  <img src="../img/graphics/701.gif" alt="">
 Standardized  IF there are more than six vowels, THEN /e, o/ or /i, E/ will be among them.
(The types /i, E/ may be represented by /ü, ö/.)
 Keywords  vowel
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 209 languages in Crothers 1978
 Source  Crothers 1978: 135, cited in Holenstein 1985: 125

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