Universal 2008:
- Original
- … lowering of a back nasal vowel implies lowering of the corresponding front nasal vowel.
- Standardized
- IF a back nasal vowel is lowered, THEN the corresponding front nasal vowel is lowered as well.
- Keywords
- nasal, vowel, back, front, low
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 75 language sample in Beddor 1982
- Source
- Beddor, Krakow, & Goldstein 1986: 199
- Counterexamples