Month: May 2020

Universal 795: X voiced obstruents ⇒ ≥X voiceless obstruents Original There is a very highly significant tendency for languages to have more voiceless obstruents than…

Universal 794: Original If a language has only one place of articulation for a given type of consonant it is most likely to be the…

Universal 793: Original In a given language, the number of Secondary Nasal Consonants is never greater than the number of Primary Nasal Consonants. Standardized IF…

Universal 792: secondary nasal consonant ⇒ primary nasal consonant Original No language has Secondary Nasal Consonants unless it has one or more Primary Nasal Consonants.…

Universal 791: Original The preferred number of primary nasal consonants in a language is between two and four. Standardized The preferred number of primary nasal…

Universal 790: Original In a given language, the number of Primary Nasal Consonants is never greater than the number of obstruents. Standardized IF there are…

Universal 789: Original If in a given language there are only two Primary Nasal Consonants, the other one is /m/, that is its most characteristic…

Universal 788: Original If in a given language there is only one Primary Nasal Consonant, it is /n/, that is, its most characteristic allophone is…

Universal 787: glottal stop ⇒ primary oral stop Original No language has a glottal stop unless it also has a primary oral stop. Standardized IF…

Universal 786: Original The number of secondary oral stops in a given language is not likely to be greater than that of primary oral stops.…