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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