Universal #689
Legacy number: 689
| Number | 686 |
| Original | When becoming a fricative or determining the place of articulation of adjacent fricatives by assimilation, [w] shows itself primarily as a labial. |
| Standardized | IF [w] becomes a fricative or determines the place of articulation of adjacent fricatives, THEN it shows itself primarily as a labial. |
| Keywords | fricative, labial, place of articulation |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Ohala 1979 |
| Source | Ohala 1979: 45 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Notes
Good examples: Tenango Otomi (Oto-Manguean), French (Italic, Indo-European).
Comment
Good examples: Tenango Otomi (Oto-Manguean), French (Italic, Indo-European).
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