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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