Universal 1282:
- Original
- The total number of retroflexed consonants is never greater than that of the non-retroflexed apical consonants.
- Standardized
- IF there are n retroflexed consonants, THEN there will be at least n non-retroflexed apical consonants.
- Keywords
- retroflexion, apical, consonant
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- sample of 150 languages in Bhat 1973
- Source
- Bhat 1973: 56
- Counterexamples
