Universal 724:
- Original
- A descending pitch ramp follows a voiceless obstruent; a rising pitch ramp follows a voiced obstruent.
- Standardized
- IF an obstruent is voiceless, THEN after it the pitch range is descending;
IF an obstruent is voiced, THEN after it the pitch range is rising. - Keywords
- obstruent, voice, pitch
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages in Maddieson 1978
- Source
- Maddieson 1978: 353
- Counterexamples