Universal #817
Legacy number: 817
| Number | 814 |
| Original | Long vowels (also diphthongs) and tone occur as a rule only in stressed syllables. |
| Standardized | IF a vowel (or diphthong) is long and tone is present, THEN that syllable is stressed. |
| Keywords | stress, syllable, diphthong, long, vowel |
| Domain | prosodic phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Décsy 1987: 52 |
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