Universal #1865
Legacy number: 1865
| Number | 1860 |
| Original | The liquids tend to become devoiced in the final and also in the initial position. They further become spirantized especially in the initial position. |
| Standardized | The liquids tend to become devoiced in the final and also in initial position. They further become spirantized especially in initial position. |
| Keywords | liquid, devoicing, spirantization |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Bhat 1974 |
| Source | Bhat 1974: 89 |
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