Universal #722

Legacy number: 722

 Number  719
 Original  Languages which permit a sequence of unlike tones on a word or morpheme also permit like tones on a word or morpheme.
 Standardized  IF a sequence of unlike tones on a word or morpheme is permitted, THEN like tones on a word or morpheme will be permitted as well.
 Keywords  tone, level tone, contour tone
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  almost absolute
 Basis  languages in Maddieson 1978
 Source  Maddieson 1978: 343

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Amahuaca, Muinane (both Ge-Pano-Carib) (Maddieson 1978)
Notes
That is, there is a (violable) Obligatory Contour Principle, but there is no (violable) Obligatory No-Contour Principle.What is the relationship to #724?IF there are contour tones, THEN there will also be level tones.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
That is, there is a (violable) Obligatory Contour Principle, but there is no (violable) Obligatory No-Contour Principle.

What is the relationship to <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=724"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">?
IF there are contour tones, THEN there will also be level tones.