Universal #207

Legacy number: 207

 Number  207
 Original  VO languages tend to have complex syllable structure.
 Standardized  IF basic order is VO, THEN syllable structure is complex (permitting initial and final consonant clusters).
 Formula  VO ⇒ complex syllable structure
 Keywords  order, VO, syllable, complexity
 Domain  phonology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Lehmann 1973, Lehmann 1974, Lehmann 1978a-d</r>
 Source  W.P.Lehmann 1973, W.P.Lehmann 1974, W.P.Lehmann 1978 a-d, see Plank 1998 for discussion

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Old Egyptian (Afro-Asiatic): VO, only syllable types CV and CVC (F. Kammerzell, p.c.).