Universal #834
Legacy number: 834
| Number | 831 |
| Original | Languages with two or more liquids are most likely to have at least one lateral, and a lateral/non-lateral contrast. |
| Standardized | In languages with two or more liquids, IF there is one non-lateral, THEN there will also be a lateral. |
| Keywords | lateral, liquid, non-lateral |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 321 languages by Maddieson 1980 |
| Source | Lass 1984: 158, taken from survey by Maddieson 1980 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
the Tarascan group (isolate) (Yasugi 1995: 70)
Notes
or:In languages with two or more liquids, IF there is any other contrast, THEN there will also be a contrast lateral/non-lateral.
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In languages with two or more liquids, IF there is any other contrast, THEN there will also be a contrast lateral/non-lateral.