Universal 881: lower high back rounded vowel ⇒ high v lower high front vowel
- Original
- A lower high back rounded vowel implies a high or lower high front vowel.
- Standardized
- IF there is a lower high back rounded vowel, THEN there will be a high or lower high front vowel.
- Keywords
- high, lower high, back, front, vowel, rounded
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 170 languages surveyed in Sedlak 1969
- Source
- Sedlak 1969: 31
- Counterexamples
