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Universal 707:
- Original
- If a nasal vowel system is smaller than the corresponding basic vowel system, it is most often a mid vowel that is missing from the nasal system.
- Standardized
- When a nasal vowel system is smaller than the corresponding basic vowel system, it is most often a mid vowel that is missing from the nasal system.
- Keywords
- vowel, nasal, mid
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- no genuine implication; rather: provided that
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- sample of 209 languages in Crothers 1978
- Source
- Crothers 1978: 135, cited in Holenstein 1985: 126
- Counterexamples
- Yaitepec Chatino, Copalá Trique, San Pedro Amuzgo, Xochistlahuaca Amuzgo, El Grande Mixtec, Coatzospan Mixtec (all Oto-Manguean) (Yasugi 1995: 74)
