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Universal 759:

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Universal 759:

Original
Standardized
IF there are bilabial, alveolar, and palatal implosives,THEN ¿y is used in place of the expected palatal stop.
Keywords
implosive, stop, bilabial, alveolar, palatal
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
Source
Greenberg 1970: 129
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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