Universal #930

Legacy number: 930

 Number  927
 Original  A consonant may become syllabic only if it is an adjacent margin of a syncopated vowel.
 Standardized  A consonant may become syllabic only if it is an adjacent margin of a syncopated vowel.
 Keywords  syllable, vowel, syllabic, consonant, syncope
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  85 language sample in Bell 1978
 Source  Bell 1978: 168

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Discussion
Counterexamples
possibly Idoma (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo): [ l§ ]
Notes
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.
The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.