Universal #705
Legacy number: 705
| Number | 702 |
| Original | Languages with two or more interior vowels always have a high one. |
| Standardized | IF there are two or more interior vowels, THEN at least one of them must be high. |
| Keywords | vowel, high, interior |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 209 languages in Crothers 1978 |
| Source | Crothers 1978: 135, cited in Holenstein 1985: 125 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Temoayan Otomí (Oto-Manguean) (Yasugi 1995: 73)
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