Universal #1768

Legacy number: 1768

 Number  1763
 Original  The velars are most likely to undergo weakening, then the dentals, and lastly the labials, in that order.
 Standardized  IF labials undergo phonological weakening, THEN dentals will have undergone phonological weakening.
IF dentals undergo phonological weakening, THEN velars will have undergone phonological weakening.
 Keywords  consonant, weakening, labial, dental, velar
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implicational hierarchy
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  survey of 600 Chinese dialects in Chen 1974
 Source  Chen 1974: 911

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Discussion
Notes
1.For a similar heirarchy of consonantal weakening discussing major-class and manner, see #1766.2. For a more general claim of the same nature, cf. #1767, about nasals, #1770.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1.For a similar heirarchy of consonantal weakening discussing major-class and manner, see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1766"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">

2. For a more general claim of the same nature, cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1767"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, about nasals, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1770"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.