Universal #1894
Legacy number: 1894
| Number | 1889 |
| Original | The relation of the retroflex to the dental consonants proves to be a mere variety of the opposition of pharyngealized and non-pharyngealized dentals. |
| Standardized | IF there is an opposition of dental and retroflex consonants, THEN there is an opposition of pharyngealized and non-pharyngealized dentals. |
| Keywords | pharyngeal, dental, retroflex |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspesified |
| Source | Jakobson & Halle 1956, cited in Uspensky 1965: 195 |
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