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nonesuch 13

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nonesuch 13: four-way phonemic contrast of dental, alveolar, palato-alveolar, and retroflex stops

Where found
Nunggubuyu (non-Pama Nyungan, Australian)
Domain
phonology
Subdomain
phoneme inventory
Keywords
stops, dental, alveolar, palato-alveolar, retroflex
Type
nonesuch
Universals violated
none
Source
Dryer, Matthew S. (1997). Why statistical universals are better than absolute universals. Chicago Linguistic Society 33, The Panels: 123-145.