Universal 727:
- Original
- Vowels on low tones are longer than those on high tones, other things being equal.
- Standardized
- IF a vowel is on a low tone, THEN it will be longer than a vowel on a high tone (other things being equal).
- Keywords
- vowel, low, high, tone
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages in Maddieson 1978
- Source
- Maddieson 1978: 355, also cited in Holenstein 1985: 143
- Counterexamples
