Universal #1613

Legacy number: 1613

 Number  1609
 Original  Cross-linguistically, languages would not be expected to exhibit phonological constrasts such as [-nasal] laryngeal segments and [+nasal] laryngeal segments.
 Standardized  Languages would not be expected to exhibit phonological constrasts such as [-nasal] laryngeal segments and [+nasal] laryngeal segments.
 Keywords  nasalization, laryngeal (h, glottal stop)
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  typological surveys discussing cross-linguistic patterns of feature distribution
 Source  Cohn 1993a: 349-350

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Discussion
Counterexamples
P. Ladefoged claims that Kwangali (South-Western Bantu) contrasts nasalized and non-nasalized aspirates (Cohn 1993a: 363, ftn. 2).
Notes
The hypothesis is corroborated by the fact that no cases of nasalized glottal stop are cited in the literature and that the only possible case of nasalized aspirate known by the author is in Kwangali (South-Western Bantu).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The hypothesis is corroborated by the fact that no cases of nasalized glottal stop are cited in the literature and that the only possible case of nasalized aspirate known by the author is in Kwangali (South-Western Bantu).