Universal #1412

Legacy number: 1412

 Number  1408
 Original  The higher the number of principle phonemes, the higher the probability of redundancy.
 Standardized  The higher the number of principle phonemes, the higher the probability of redundancy.
 Keywords  phoneme, redundancy
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Finno-Ugric languages
 Source  Décsy 1970: 12

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Discussion
Notes
Principle phoneme: a phoneme which occurs “with an average more than two percent and belongs to the old stratum of the phoneme inventory.”Marginal phoneme: a phoneme which does not reach the limit of two percent. (Décsy 1970: 9).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Principle phoneme: a phoneme which occurs "with an average more than two percent and belongs to the old stratum of the phoneme inventory."
Marginal phoneme: a phoneme which does not reach the limit of two percent. (Décsy 1970: 9).