Universal #770

Legacy number: 770

 Number  767
 Original  If a language has only one primary fricative its primary allophone is most likely to be /s/.
 Standardized  IF there is only one primary fricative, THEN its primary allophone is most likely to be /s/.
 Keywords  fricative, sibilant
 Domain  phonology
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 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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