Universal #730
Legacy number: 730
| Number | 727 |
| Original | Vowels on low tones are longer than those on high tones, other things being equal. |
| Standardized | IF a vowel is on a low tone, THEN it will be longer than a vowel on a high tone (other things being equal). |
| Keywords | vowel, low, high, tone |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Maddieson 1978 |
| Source | Maddieson 1978: 355, also cited in Holenstein 1985: 143 |
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