Universal #933

Legacy number: 933

 Number  930
 Original  <img src="../img/graphics/933.gif" alt="">
 Standardized  IF there are syllabic obstruents, THEN there will be syllabic s§ or s§‡ (given that there is nonsyllabic s or s‡).
 Keywords  obstruent, /s/, syllabic, consonant
 Domain  phonology
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  85 language sample in Bell 1978
 Source  Bell 1978: 183

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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.