Universal #1084
Legacy number: 1084
| Number | 1080 |
| Original | Duration of aspiration varies according to place of articulation: k > t > p. |
| Standardized | Duration of aspiration varies according to place of articulation: k > t > p. |
| Keywords | aspiration, place of articulation |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implicational hierarchy |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Devine 1974 |
| Source | Peterson & Lehiste 1976, cited in Devine 1974: 7 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
‘t’ has the shortest duration in: Eastern Armenian, Hindi, Marathi (all Indo-European) (Lisker & Abramson 1964), Bashkir (W. Turkic, Altaic) (Poppe 1964);t > p > k in Danish (N. Germanic)(Fischer-Jørgensen 1954)
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