Universal #1820

Legacy number: 1820

 Number  1815
 Original  A voiceless dental-alveolar sibilant ejective affricate [”ts‘”] does not occur without a voiceless dental-alveolar sibilant fricative [”s”].
 Standardized  IF there is a voiceless dental-alveolar sibilant ejective affricate, THEN there is a voiceless dental-alveolar sibilant fricative.
 Keywords  fricative, dental-alveolar, sibilant, ejective, affricate, voice
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Maddieson’s UPSID-451 database
 Source  Pericliev (i.p.)

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