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Universal 1258:

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Universal 1258:

Original
Unstressed vowels are more likely to assimilate than stressed vowels.
Standardized
Unstressed vowels are more likely to assimilate than stressed vowels.
Keywords
assimilation, vowel harmony, stress
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic, diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Ultan 1973
Source
Ultan 1973: 47, mentoined in Bhat 1975: 33
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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