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rarissimum 10

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rarissimum 10: velar fricative (see Image) as the sole fricative (if this is what it is), rather than the expected /s/

Where found
Iwaidjian (non-Pama Nyungan, Australian)
Domain
phonology
Subdomain
phoneme inventory
Keywords
fricative, velar
Type
rarissimum
Universals violated
Source
Evans, Nicholas (2000a). Iwaidjan, a very un-Australian family. Linguistic Typology 4: 91-142.