Universal #1100

Legacy number: 1100

 Number  1096
 Original  There is an overall distinction between Type A and B languages, with the following correlations (i.e. mutual implications) of opposite properties defining the two types:

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 Standardized  (holistic) Type A vs. Type B
 Keywords  nasal vowel, syllable, order, attributive, adjective, noun, prefix, suffix, preposition, postposition, serial verb, number, compounding, consonant, agreement, subject
 Domain  phonology, morphology, syntax
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  a range of languages of Sub-Saharan Africa (Type A: West Atlantic, Bantu, Hausa, Niger-Congo; Type B: Mande, Kwa, possibly Voltaic (although there are several Type A features))
 Source  Houis 1970: 59-67

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Yoruba (Defoid, Benue-Congo): Type B in terms of (a), (b), Type A in terms of (c), (d).Commercial Sango (Adamawa-Ubangi, Niger-Congo): Type A features: (i), (c), (d), (j); Type B features: (a), (b).Sara (Central Sudanic, Chari-Nile, Nilo-Saharan): some dialects more like Type A , others more like Type B.
Notes
Apparently, correlations are only intended to be valid for Sub-Saharan African languages, rather than universally.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Apparently, correlations are only intended to be valid for Sub-Saharan African languages, rather than universally.