Universal #1088
Legacy number: 1088
| Number | 1084 |
| Original | If a language does not have a full six-position stop paradigm (/p, t, k, b, d, g/), the gaps are most likely to occur at /g/, then /p/, followed by /d/ and finally /b/. |
| Standardized | IF there is not a full six-position stop paradigm (/p, t, k, b, d, g/), THEN the gaps are most likely to occur at /g/, then /p/, followed by /d/ and finally /b/. |
| Keywords | stop, paradigm |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | samples of 570 and 106 languages in Sherman 1975 |
| Source | Sherman 1975: 8 |
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