Universal #884
Legacy number: 884
| Number | 881 |
| Original | A lower high back rounded vowel implies a high or lower high front vowel. |
| Standardized | IF there is a lower high back rounded vowel, THEN there will be a high or lower high front vowel. |
| Formula | lower high back rounded vowel ⇒ high v lower high front vowel |
| Keywords | high, lower high, back, front, vowel, rounded |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 170 languages surveyed in Sedlak 1969 |
| Source | Sedlak 1969: 31 |
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