Universal #1812

Legacy number: 1812

 Number  1807
 Original  The presence of a voiceless dental-alveolar ejective stop [”t‘”] in a language implies the presence of a voiceless velar ejective stop [k‘].
 Standardized  IF there is a voiceless dental-alveolar ejective stop, THEN there is a voiceless velar ejective stop.
 Keywords  stop, dental-alveolar, velar, voice, ejective
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Maddieson’s UPSID-451 database
 Source  Pericliev (i.p.)

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