Universal #706
Legacy number: 706
| Number | 703 |
| Original | The number of vowels in a column of interior vowels cannot exceed the number in the front or back columns. |
| Standardized | IF there are n vowels in an interior column, THEN there will at most be n vowels in the front or back columns. |
| Keywords | vowel, interior, front, back |
| 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 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Quiotepec Chinantec (Oto-Manguean), Southeastern Tepehuan (Uto-Aztecan) (Yasugi 1995: 73)
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