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Universal 1244:

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Universal 1244:

Original
The loss of intervocalic consonants is a more frequently occurring process than loss of initial consonants; hiatus producing more intervocalic loss is less frequent but probably still more frequent than initial loss.
Standardized
The loss of intervocalic consonants is a more frequently occurring process than loss of initial consonants; hiatus producing more intervocalic loss is less frequent but probably still more frequent than initial loss.
Keywords
consonant, hiatus
Domain
phonology
Type
unconditional
Status
statistical
Quality
diachronic
Basis
sample of 144 languages in Bell 1971
Source
Bell 1971: 96
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
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    1. May 2020

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