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Universal 832:
- Original
- A language with one or more laterals has a voiced lateral approximant.
- Standardized
- IF there is any other lateral, THEN there will also be a voiced lateral approximant.
- Keywords
- lateral, approximant
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- sample of 321 languages by Maddieson 1980
- Source
- Lass 1984: 158, taken from survey by Maddieson 1980
- Counterexamples
- Papago, Zongolica Nahuatl (both Tepiman, Uto-Aztecan), Seri (Salinen-Seri, Hokan)(Yasugi 1995: 71)
