Universal #756
Legacy number: 756
| Number | 753 |
| Original | A contrast between five basic vowel qualities is the norm for a human language, and in general the most common systems are those with close to this number of basic vowels. |
| Standardized | A contrast between five basic vowel qualities is the norm for a human language, and in general the most common systems are those with close to this number of basic vowels. |
| Keywords | vowel |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 209 languages in Crothers 1978 |
| Source | Crothers 1978: 137 |
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