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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