Universal #783

Legacy number: 783

 Number  780
 Original  <img src="../img/graphics/783.gif" alt="">
 Standardized  IF there is only one primary affricated stop, THEN the primary allophone is most likely to be /t∫/.
 Formula 
 Keywords  affricate, allophone
 Domain  phonology
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  317 language sample from Nartey 1979
 Source  Nartey 1979: 21, cited also in Lass 1984: 153

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Notes
According to Nartey, 27% of languages have only /c/. Yasugi’s sample of 92 native Middle American languages does not support Nartey’s claim. The probability of encountering a language having /c/ as the primary allophone is much higher than Nartey’s findings (Yasugi 1995: 66).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
According to Nartey, 27% of languages have only /c/. Yasugi's sample of 92 native Middle American languages does not support Nartey's claim. The probability of encountering a language having /c/ as the primary allophone is much higher than Nartey's findings (Yasugi 1995: 66).