Universal #774

Legacy number: 774

 Number  771
 Original  The preferred number of primary fricatives in a given language is two.
 Standardized  The preferred number of primary fricatives in a given language is two.
 Keywords  fricative
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  317 language sample from Nartey 1979
 Source  Nartey 1979: 10

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Discussion
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Notes
Primary fricatives are those speech sounds produced by the narrowing of two articulators so as to produce a turbulent air stream. (This excludes [h]). (Nartey 1979: 3).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Primary fricatives are those speech sounds produced by the narrowing of two articulators so as to produce a turbulent air stream. (This excludes [h]). (Nartey 1979: 3).