Universal #1700
Legacy number: 1700
| Number | 1695 |
| Original | Universal Hierarchy of Consonantal Strength: voiceless plosives > voiced stops > voiceless fricatives > voiced fricatives > nasals > lateral liquids (l-sounds) > central liquids (r-sounds) > high vowels > mid vowels > low vowels. |
| Standardized | Universal Hierarchy of Consonantal Strength: voiceless plosives > voiced stops > voiceless fricatives > voiced fricatives > nasals > lateral liquids (l-sounds) > central liquids (r-sounds) > high vowels > mid vowels > low vowels. |
| Keywords | consonant, strength, sonority |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implicational hierarchy |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Vennemann 1988, with special reference to German, Germanic, Italian, and Latin |
| Source | Vennemann 1988: 9 |
Discussion
Notes
a version of the sonority hierarchy, relevant for all kinds of purposes, including phonotactics.
Comment
a version of the sonority hierarchy, relevant for all kinds of purposes, including phonotactics.
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