Universal #763

Legacy number: 763

 Number  760
 Original  ... palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency to be replaced by alveopalatal affricates.
 Standardized  Palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency to be replaced by alveopalatal affricates.
 Keywords  palatal, injective, stop, alveopalatal, affricate, noninjective
 Domain  phonology
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  unclear whether diachronic and/or achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
 Source  Greenberg 1970: 130

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