Universal #124

Legacy number: 124

 Number  124
 Original  IF there are aspirated stops (especially voiceless labial and alveolar), THEN there is /h/.

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 Standardized  IF there are aspirated stops (especially voiceless labial and alveolar), THEN there is /h/.
 Formula 
 Keywords  aspiration, stop
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Hagège 1982
 Source  Hagège 1982: 936

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. Jakobson’s claim (#1893): Languages with a voicing and an aspiration opposition have a phoneme /h/.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. Jakobson's claim (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1893"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">): Languages with a voicing and an aspiration opposition have a phoneme /h/.