Universal #489
Legacy number: 489
| Number | 487 |
| Original | The presence of long affricates implies the presence of long stops. Further, in all but two instances there are also long fricatives. |
| Standardized | If there are long affricates, THEN there are long stops. IF there are long affricates and long stops, THEN there are long fricatives. |
| Formula | long affricates ⇒ long stop ⇒ long fricative |
| Keywords | geminate, affricate, stop, fricative |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implicational hierarchy |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Thurgood 1993 |
| Source | Thurgood 1993: 131-132 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Sinhalese (Indic, Indo-European) and Telugu (Dravidian), both reported as having long affricates and long stops, but not fricatives.
Notes
Cf. #808.
Comment
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=808"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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