Universal #1097

Legacy number: 1097

 Number  1093
 Original  If there is a contrast in glottal feature, length, or other secondary articulation, then that feature is also contrastive in the oral stop system (but not necessarily the fricative system).
 Standardized  IF there is a contrast in glottal feature, length, or other secondary articulation, THEN that feature is also contrastive in the oral stop system (but not necessarily the fricative system).
 Keywords  glottal, oral, stop
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 106 languages in Crothers 1975
 Source  Crothers 1975: 158

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