Universal #732

Legacy number: 732

 Number  729
 Original  When a marked phonation type is restricted in distribution to certain tones, those tones are in the highest or lowest part of the scale used by the language concerned.
 Standardized  When marked phonation types are restricted in distribution to certain tones, those tones are in the highest or lowest part of the scale used by the language concerned.
 Keywords  tone, marked phonation type
 Domain  phonology
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Maddieson 1978
 Source  Maddieson 1978: 355

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Discussion
Notes
or:Marked phonation types are never restricted to mid-range tones (whenever they are restricted).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
or:
Marked phonation types are never restricted to mid-range tones (whenever they are restricted).