Universal #1248
Legacy number: 1248
| Number | 1244 |
| Original | The loss of intervocalic consonants is a more frequently occurring process than loss of initial consonants; hiatus producing more intervocalic loss is less frequent but probably still more frequent than initial loss. |
| Standardized | The loss of intervocalic consonants is a more frequently occurring process than loss of initial consonants; hiatus producing more intervocalic loss is less frequent but probably still more frequent than initial loss. |
| Keywords | consonant, hiatus |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | statistical |
| Quality | diachronic |
| Basis | sample of 144 languages in Bell 1971 |
| Source | Bell 1971: 96 |
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