Universal #712

Legacy number: 712

 Number  709
 Original  Systems in which high tones are marked occur more often than systems in which low tones are marked.
 Standardized  Marked tones tend to be high rather than low.
 Keywords  tone, markedness
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Holenstein 1985: 143

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Cf. #719.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=719"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">