Universal #1007
Legacy number: 1007
| Number | 1003 |
| Original | Resonance Hierarchy: vowel > semivowel > liquid > spirant > sibilant > nasal > stop. The more resonant a sound, the more susceptible it is to metathesis given the necessary conditions therefore. |
| Standardized | Resonance Hierarchy: vowel > semivowel > liquid > spirant > sibilant > nasal > stop. The more resonant a sound, the more susceptible it is to metathesis given the necessary conditions therefore. |
| Formula | vowel > semivowel > liquid > spirant > sibilant > nasal > stop |
| Keywords | metathesis, sonority hierarchy |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implicational hierarchy |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Ultan 1978b |
| Source | Ultan 1978b: 374 |
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