Universal #388
Legacy number: 388
| Number | 387 |
| Original | /h/ occurs more frequently preceding a low vowel than a high vowel. |
| Standardized | IF /h/ precedes a high vowel, THEN it also precedes a low vowel. |
| Formula | h V [ +high ] ⇒ h V [ +low ] |
| Keywords | /h/, vowel, aspiration, high, low |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Hurch 1988 |
| Source | Hurch 1988: 59 |
Discussion
Notes
Crosslinguistic frequency need not perforce translate into an implication.
Comment
Crosslinguistic frequency need not perforce translate into an implication.
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