Universal 632: SA ⇒ agglutinative Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, then it has agglutinative nominal inflection. Standardized IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN nominal inflection…
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Universal 648:
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Universal 648: Original In a language in which categories of definiteness are employed to show degrees of respect or social distance, the one used as…
Universal 664: yes-no question inversion ⇒ SV (=subject precedes verb) Original The presence of yes-no question inversion implies a basic order type in which subject…
Universal 680:
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Universal 680: Original If a language has dummy auxiliary Negative construction, then there must be another way of negation in this language. Standardized IF there…
Universal 696:
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Universal 696: Original Standardized IF there are more than four vowels, THEN / ε / and generally also / C / will be among them.…
Universal 712:
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Universal 712: Original Standardized IF there is no opposition of front and back fricatives, THEN the s-sound is not sharply differentiated from an ∫-articulation. Keywords…
Universal 728:
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Universal 728: Original Vowels on rising tones are longer than those on falling tones, other things being equal. Standardized IF a vowel is on a…
Universal 744:
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Universal 744: Original The Nominal-Switch Universal (part 1):In cases where a nominal Nominal/Locational-switch is motivated by conditions of Time-Stability, the nominal strategy will encode the…
Universal 760:
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Universal 760: Original … palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency to be replaced by alveopalatal affricates. Standardized Palatal noninjective stops have a strong tendency…
Universal 776: /h/ ⇒ primary fricative Original A language is very unlikely to have /h/ unless it also has a primary fricative. Standardized IF there…