Universal #941

Legacy number: 941

 Number  938
 Original  In most languages, low vowels are longer than high vowels, all things being equal.
(see also IPA)
 Standardized  Low vowels tend to be longer than high vowels, all things being equal.
 Keywords  vowel, low, high, length
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  ?
 Source  Lehiste 1970, cited in Keating 1985: 118

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