Universal #790

Legacy number: 790

 Number  787
 Original  No language has a glottal stop unless it also has a primary oral stop.
 Standardized  IF there is a glottal stop, THEN there must be a primary oral stop.
 Formula  glottal stop ⇒ primary oral stop
 Keywords  consonant, oral, glottal, stop
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  317 language sample from Nartey 1979
 Source  Nartey 1979: 28

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Discussion
Notes
Primary oral stops are those speech sounds made with a pulmonic air stream and a complete closure of two articulators (as in the single articulations /p,t/) or four articulators (as in the double articulations /kp, gb/). The release of such sounds may be sudden (as in the stops /p,t/) or delayed (as in the affricates /pf, ts/) (Nartey 1979: 17).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Primary oral stops are those speech sounds made with a pulmonic air stream and a complete closure of two articulators (as in the single articulations /p,t/) or four articulators (as in the double articulations /kp, gb/). The release of such sounds may be sudden (as in the stops /p,t/) or delayed (as in the affricates /pf, ts/) (Nartey 1979: 17).