Universal 882:
- Original
- Maximal back vowel height is never higher than maximal front vowel height, although the converse may be true.
- Standardized
- IF maximal back vowel height is X, THEN maximal front vowel height will be at least as high.
- Keywords
- vowel, back, front, high
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 170 languages surveyed in Sedlak 1969
- Source
- Sedlak 1969: 31
- Counterexamples
