Universal #769

Legacy number: 769

 Number  766
 Original  There is a highly significant tendency for languages to have at least one primary fricative.
 Standardized  There is at least one primary fricative.
 Keywords  primary, fricative
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  317 language sample from Nartey 1979
 Source  Nartey 1979: 4, cited also in Lass 1984: 154

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