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Universal 1077:

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Universal 1077:

Original
Apart from being much rarer than voiceless aspiration, these voiced stops with “murmured” aspiration generally only occur in a system also possessing normal voiced aspirates.
Standardized
IF there are voiced stops with “murmured” aspiration, THEN there are most likely normal voiced aspirates.
Keywords
aspiration, stop, voice
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Devine 1974
Source
Devine 1974: 4
Counterexamples

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    FP
    1. May 2020

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