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.

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Counterexamples
Khan Tibetan, Chinese Dialects (both Sino-Tibetan), Boro (Omotic, Afro-Asiatic)