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Universal 1889:
- Original
- The relation of the retroflex to the dental consonants proves to be a mere variety of the opposition of pharyngealized and non-pharyngealized dentals.
- Standardized
- IF there is an opposition of dental and retroflex consonants, THEN there is an opposition of pharyngealized and non-pharyngealized dentals.
- Keywords
- pharyngeal, dental, retroflex
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- unspesified
- Source
- Jakobson & Halle 1956, cited in Uspensky 1965: 195
- Counterexamples
