Universal #717

Legacy number: 717

 Number  714
 Original  A language may contrast up to five levels of tone, but no more.
 Standardized  There will be no more than five phonological tone levels (underlyingly).
 Formula 
 Keywords  tone
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Maddieson 1978
 Source  Maddieson 1978: 338

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Discussion
Notes
Sometimes the limit has been set lower, at four.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Sometimes the limit has been set lower, at four.