Universal 1085: voicing contrast in stops ⇒ /t/ & /k/
- Original
- /t/ and /k/ are present in every language which has a voicing contrast in stops.
- Standardized
- IF there is a voicing contrast in stops, THEN /t/ and /k/ are present.
- Keywords
- stop, voice
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- samples of 570 and 106 languages in Sherman 1975
- Source
- Sherman 1975: 8
- Counterexamples
