Universal #948

Legacy number: 948

 Number  945
 Original  Of the two vowels i and ü, i may originate from ü but not ü from i.
 Standardized  When there is i and ü, i may originate from ü but not ü from i.
 Keywords  high, front, vowel
 Domain  phonology
 Type  target < source
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Indo-European languages
 Source  Bonfante 1945: 91, cited in Greenberg 1966b: 515

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