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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