Universal #761
Legacy number: 761
| Number | 758 |
| Original | A recurrent feature of injectives which deserves special mention and treatment is that the injective corresponding to a noninjective dental is often retracted to the alveolar or alveopalatal position and is consistently apical, often with accompanying retroflexion. |
| Standardized | The injective corresponding to a noninjective dental is often retracted to the alveolar or alveopalatal position and is consistently apical, often with accompanying retroflexion. |
| Keywords | consonant, injective, noninjective, dental, alveolar, alveopalatal, apical, retroflexion |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | 150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970 |
| Source | Greenberg 1970: 129 |
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