Month: May 2020

Universal 935: Original When in a given language there is extensive neutralization among the primary nasal consonants, this occurs in prejunctural and/or preconsonantal positions. Standardized…

Universal 934: Original Only high vowels undergo consonantalization. Standardized IF a vowel undergoes consonantalization, THEN it must be a high one. Keywords vowel, consonantalization, syllabic,…

Universal 933: Original Standardized If there is the syllabic laryngeal ÷§ then there are syllabic obstruent stops. Keywords laryngeal, obstruent, syllabic, consonant Domain phonology Type…

Universal 932: Original If a language possesses voiceless syllabic stops, then it possesses voiced syllabic stops. Standardized IF there are voiceless syllabic stops, THEN there…

Universal 931: Original Standardized IF there is syllabic laryngeal h§§, THEN there are syllabic fricatives. Keywords laryngeal, fricative, syllabic, consonant Domain phonology Type implication Status…

Universal 930: Original Standardized IF there are syllabic obstruents, THEN there will be syllabic s§ or s§‡ (given that there is nonsyllabic s or s‡).…

Universal 929: syllabic stops V syllabic affricates ⇒ syllabic fricatives Original If a language contains syllabic stops or affricates, it contains syllabic fricatives. Standardized IF…

Universal 928: Original Standardized If in a given context nasal-vowel (NV) sequences occur, and /u/ represents the highest back rounded vowel appearing in these sequences,…

Universal 927: Original A consonant may become syllabic only if it is an adjacent margin of a syncopated vowel. Standardized A consonant may become syllabic…

Universal 926: Original The source of syllabicity in syllabic consonants is always a vowel, either directly, when a vowel changes into a consonant (consonantalization), or…