Universal #836
Legacy number: 836
| Number | 833 |
| Original | Languages with two or more laterals may contrast them either in manner or voice, but not both (e.g. a language will not have a voiced lateral flap vs. voiceless lateral approximant). |
| Standardized | In languages with two or more laterals, IF there is a contrast between them in manner, THEN there will not be a contrast between them in voice, and vice versa. |
| Keywords | lateral |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 321 languages by Maddieson 1980 |
| Source | Lass 1984: 158, taken from survey by Maddieson 1980 |
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