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Universal 1331:

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Universal 1331:

Original
No phonological system has fewer than two contrasting positions of articulation for stops.
Standardized
No phonological system has fewer than two contrasting positions of articulation for stops.
Keywords
stop
Domain
phonology
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
Hockett 1963: 27
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Hockett cites Hawaiian and Archaic Samoan (both Polynesian) as languages with only two positions.2. Cf. Nartey’s claim (#780): Languages usually have at least three primary oral stops. As counterexamples to his statement Nartey gives Hawaiian and Maidu (Pujunan (=Maiduan)).

    1. May 2020

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