Universal #782
Legacy number: 782
| Number | 779 |
| Original | If a language has an affricated stop, it is most likely that it also has (at least) three plain stops. |
| Standardized | IF there is an affricated stop, THEN there is most likely to be at least three plain stops. |
| Formula | affricate stop ⇒ three plain stops |
| Keywords | affricate, stop |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | 317 language sample from Nartey 1979 |
| Source | Nartey 1979: 18, cited also in Lass 1984: 153 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Washkuk=Kuoma (Middle Sepik, Papuan), Wichita (Caddoan), Zuni (isolate), Swahili, Beembe (both Bantu, Niger-Congo) (Nartey 1979: 19)Eastern and Western Popoloc (Oto-Manguean) (Yasugi 1995: 66)
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