Universal #1413

Legacy number: 1413

 Number  1409
 Original  In interjections one or more marginal phonemes occur with a percentage which is characteristic only for principle phonemes.
 Standardized  In interjections one or more marginal phonemes occur with a percentage which is characteristic only for principle phonemes.
 Keywords  phoneme, interjection
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Finno-Ugric languages
 Source  Décsy 1970: 13

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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).