Universal #458

Legacy number: 458

 Number  457
 Original  /h/ is more likely to occur preceding a velar vowel than a palatal vowel.
 Standardized  IF /h/ precedes a palatal vowel, THEN it also precedes a velar vowel.
 Formula  h V [ +pal ] ⇒ h V [ +vel ] ;
 Keywords  /h/, vowel, aspiration, velar, palatal
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Hurch 1988
 Source  Hurch 1988: 60

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Discussion
Notes
However, crosslinguistic frequency is not equivalent to implication.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
However, crosslinguistic frequency is not equivalent to implication.