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 |
Discussion
Notes
Sometimes the limit has been set lower, at four.
Comment
Sometimes the limit has been set lower, at four.
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