Universal #766

Legacy number: 766

 Number  763
 Original  A voiced injective stop ... has an effect identical with or more similar to that of ordinary breathy or voiced consonants, i.e. it does not lower tone
 Standardized  A voiced injective, like an ordinary breathy or voiced consonant, may raise tone or have no effect at all, but may not lower tone.
 Keywords  consonant, injective, voice, tone
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
 Source  Greenberg 1970: 131

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