Universal #820
Legacy number: 820
| Number | 817 |
| Original | Voiced > voiceless neutralization takes place most commonly in final position and never intervocally. |
| Standardized | IF voiced > voiceless neutralization occurs in positions other than final, THEN it will occur in final position. Voiced > voiceless neutralization never occurs intervocally. |
| Keywords | voice, neutralization, intervocalic |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages in Ferguson 1963 |
| Source | Ferguson 1963, cited in Décsy 1987: 77 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Italian, Spanish (both Indo-European), Finnish (Uralic), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), and Chinese (Sino-Tibetan).
Notes
Good examples: Slavic languages, High German (all Indo-European), Central Siberian languages (e.g., Mongol, Buryat, Paleosiberian).
Comment
Good examples: Slavic languages, High German (all Indo-European), Central Siberian languages (e.g., Mongol, Buryat, Paleosiberian).
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