Universal #724
Legacy number: 724
| Number | 721 |
| Original | If a language has contour tones, it also has level tones. |
| Standardized | IF there are contour tones, THEN there are level tones. |
| Formula | contour tones ⇒ level tones |
| Keywords | tone, contour tone, level tone |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Maddieson 1978 |
| Source | Maddieson 1978: 345, also cited in Holenstein 1985: 143. |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Khan Tibetan, Chinese Dialects (both Sino-Tibetan), Boro (Omotic, Afro-Asiatic)
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