Universal 1079:
- Original
- Aspiration tends to be stronger in initial and/or pre-tonic position antevocalically.
- Standardized
- Aspiration tends to be stronger in initial and/or pre-tonic position antevocalically.
- Keywords
- aspiration, stop
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages in Devine 1974
- Source
- Devine 1974: 6
- Counterexamples
E.g. Karen (Sino-Tibetan), Bengali (Indo-European).