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Universal 760:

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Universal 760:

Original
… palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency to be replaced by alveopalatal affricates.
Standardized
Palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency to be replaced by alveopalatal affricates.
Keywords
palatal, injective, stop, alveopalatal, affricate, noninjective
Domain
phonology
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
unclear whether diachronic and/or achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
Source
Greenberg 1970: 130
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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