Universal #1860

Legacy number: 1860

 Number  1855
 Original  Consonantality of a neighboring sound has the effect of changing a nonlateral into a lateral whereas the nonconsonantality has the reverse effect of changing a lateral into a nonlateral.
 Standardized  Consonantality of a neighboring sound has the effect of changing a nonlateral into a lateral whereas nonconsonantality has the reverse effect of changing a lateral into a nonlateral.
 Keywords  liquid, lateral, consonantality, consonant
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Bhat 1974
 Source  Bhat 1974: 82

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