Universal #1254

Legacy number: 1254

 Number  1250
 Original  Sonants tend to participate in consonant gradation much more than other phonemes.
 Standardized  Sonants tend to participate in consonant gradation much more than other phonemes.
 Keywords  consonant gradation
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 48 languages in Ultan 1970
 Source  Ultan 1970: C7

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Discussion
Notes
Consonant gradation refers to the systematic occurrence of consonant alternation which has no grammatical function (consonant change) or which does (consonant mutation). (Ultan 1970: C1).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Consonant gradation refers to the systematic occurrence of consonant alternation which has no grammatical function (consonant change) or which does (consonant mutation). (Ultan 1970: C1).