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Universal 933:

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Universal 933:

Original
Standardized
If there is the syllabic laryngeal ֤ then there are syllabic obstruent stops.
Keywords
laryngeal, obstruent, syllabic, consonant
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
85 language sample in Bell 1978
Source
Bell 1978: 187
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.

    1. May 2020

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