Universal #760

Legacy number: 760

 Number  757
 Original  ... the generalization that the presence of at least one posterior (compact) injective implies the presence of at least one anterior (diffuse) injective.
 Standardized  IF there is at least one posterior (compact) injective, THEN there will be least one anterior (diffuse) injective.
 Keywords  consonant, injective, posterior, anterior, compact, diffuse
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  almost absolute
 Basis  150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
 Source  Greenberg 1970: 128

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Kinga (Central Bantu, Niger-Congo), for details see Wolff 1905