Universal #1864

Legacy number: 1864

 Number  1859
 Original  The alveolar and retroflex stops generally tend to become taps and flaps intervocalically.
 Standardized  The alveolar and retroflex stops generally tend to become taps and flaps intervocalically.
 Keywords  liquid, stop, tap, flap, retroflex
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  unclear whether diachronic and/or achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Bhat 1974
 Source  Bhat 1974: 89

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Discussion
Notes
Flap: the tip of the tongue curled in and struck aginst the roof of the mouth in passing on its way back to its restposition.Tap: the tip of the tongue strikes against the roof of the mouthimmediately after leavcing its rest position (Ladefoged 1971, cited in Bhat 1974: 85).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Flap: the tip of the tongue curled in and struck aginst the roof of the mouth in passing on its way back to its restposition.
Tap: the tip of the tongue strikes against the roof of the mouthimmediately after leavcing its rest position (Ladefoged 1971, cited in Bhat 1974: 85).