Aspirated consonants occur mostly prevocalically, then postvocalically, preconsonantally, and in (absolute) final position.
Standardized
IF aspirated consonants occur in absolute final position, THEN they also occur preconsonantally; IF they occur preconsonantally, THEN they also occur postvocalically; IF they occur postvocalically, THEN they also occur prevocalically.
Keywords
/h/, consonant, aspiration, preconsonantal, prevocalic, absolute, final position
Good examples: Azerbaijani (Altaic), Korean (Altaic), North Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Garo (Tibeto-Burman), English, German (both Germanic), Gujarati, Ambalavi (Indo-Iranian), Rankhandi (both Indo-Iranian) (Hurch 1988).However, crosslinguistic frequency need not perforce translate into an implication.
Good examples: Azerbaijani (Altaic), Korean (Altaic), North Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Garo (Tibeto-Burman), English, German (both Germanic), Gujarati, Ambalavi (Indo-Iranian), Rankhandi (both Indo-Iranian) (Hurch 1988).However, crosslinguistic frequency need not perforce translate into an implication.