Universal 1221: locative ⇔ allative ⇔ ablative

Universal 1221: locative ⇔ allative ⇔ ablative

Original

Systems of local cases prototypically include a locative (‘where’ case), an allative (‘where to’ case), and an ablative (‘where from’ case).

Standardized

IF there is a locative case, THEN there will be an allative, and vice versa.
IF there is a locative case, THEN there will be an ablative, and vice versa.
IF there is an allative case, THEN there will be an ablative, and vice versa.

Keywords

case system, local case, locative, ablative, allative

Domain

inflection

Type

mutual implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages mentioned in Stolz 1992

Source

Stolz 1992: 30; 77-71

Counterexamples