Universal #887
Legacy number: 887
| Number | 884 |
| Original | A front rounded vowel implies a front unrounded vowel at the same tongue height. |
| Standardized | IF there is a front rounded vowel, THEN there will be a front unrounded vowel at the same tongue height. |
| Formula | front rounded vowel ⇒ front unrounded vowel |
| Keywords | rounded, unrounded, front, vowel, height |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 170 languages surveyed in Sedlak 1969 |
| Source | Sedlak 1969: 31; mentioned in Stampe 1979: 39 |
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