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Universal 1243:

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Universal 1243:

Original
The loss of all a language’s initial vowels (or prothesis of a consonant before them) is significantly less likely than a language with no initial vowels acquiring them by consonant loss or vowel prothesis.
Standardized
The loss of all a language’s initial vowels (or prothesis of a consonant before them) is significantly less likely than a language with no initial vowels acquiring them by consonant loss or vowel prothesis.
Keywords
initial vowel, consonant
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 144 languages in Bell 1971
Source
Bell 1971: 94
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
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    1. May 2020

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