Universal #807

Legacy number: 807

 Number  804
 Original  The sequence hV occurs more often than Vh.
 Standardized  IF there is postvocalic aspiration Vh, THEN there is prevocalic aspiration hV.
 Formula  Vh ⇒ hV; or
postvocalic aspiration ⇒ prevocalic aspiration
 Keywords  /h/, aspiration, vowel
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Hurch 1988
 Source  Hurch 1988: 56

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