Universal #390

Legacy number: 390

 Number  389
 Original  Aspirated consonants occur mostly prevocalically, then postvocalically, preconsonantally, and in (absolute) final position.
 Standardized  IF aspirated consonants occur in absolute final position, THEN they also occur preconsonantally;
IF they occur preconsonantally, THEN they also occur postvocalically;
IF they occur postvocalically, THEN they also occur prevocalically.
 Formula  <img src="../img/graphics/390.gif" alt="">
 Keywords  /h/, consonant, aspiration, preconsonantal, prevocalic, absolute, final position
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Hurch 1988
 Source  Hurch 1988: 65

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Discussion
Notes
Good examples: Azerbaijani (Altaic), Korean (Altaic), North Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Garo (Tibeto-Burman), English, German (both Germanic), Gujarati, Ambalavi (Indo-Iranian), Rankhandi (both Indo-Iranian) (Hurch 1988).However, crosslinguistic frequency need not perforce translate into an implication.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Good examples: Azerbaijani (Altaic), Korean (Altaic), North Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Garo (Tibeto-Burman), English, German (both Germanic), Gujarati, Ambalavi (Indo-Iranian), Rankhandi (both Indo-Iranian) (Hurch 1988).

However, crosslinguistic frequency need not perforce translate into an implication.