Universal #729
Legacy number: 729
| Number | 726 |
| Original | A low (open) vowel has a lower pitch than a high (close) vowel, other things being equal. |
| Standardized | IF a vowel is low (open), THEN it will have lower pitch than that of a high (close) vowel (other things being equal). |
| Keywords | vowel, low, high, pitch |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Maddieson 1978 |
| Source | Maddieson 1978: 354 |
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