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

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Discussion
Notes
a version of the sonority hierarchy, relevant for all kinds of purposes, including phonotactics.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
a version of the sonority hierarchy, relevant for all kinds of purposes, including phonotactics.