Universal #885
Legacy number: 885
| Number | 882 |
| Original | Maximal back vowel height is never higher than maximal front vowel height, although the converse may be true. |
| Standardized | IF maximal back vowel height is X, THEN maximal front vowel height will be at least as high. |
| Keywords | vowel, back, front, high |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 170 languages surveyed in Sedlak 1969 |
| Source | Sedlak 1969: 31 |
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