Universal 728:
- Original
- Vowels on rising tones are longer than those on falling tones, other things being equal.
- Standardized
- IF a vowel is on a rising tone, THEN it is longer than a vowel on a falling tone (other thing being equal).
- Keywords
- vowel, length, rising, falling, tone
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages in Maddieson 1978
- Source
- Maddieson 1978: 355
- Counterexamples
