Universal 1423:
- Original
- Secondary fricatives are the results of diachronic developments from clusters.
- Standardized
- Secondary fricatives are the results of diachronic developments from clusters.
- Keywords
- fricative, cluster
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- target < source
- Status
- diachronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- 317 language sample from Nartey 1979
- Source
- Nartey 1979: 14
- Counterexamples
A secondary fricative is a fricative produced with extra contributions from articulators other than those involved in the production of a primary fricative, or by similar modification of the primary fricative. This may be the simultaneous coupling of the nasal cavity to produce nasalized sounds, the rounding of the lips to produce labialized sounds, or the raising of the back of the tongue to produce velarized sounds. Modifications may also be affected in the phonation types, such as the vibration of the vocal cords at only one end to produce laryngealized sounds (Nartey 1979: 13).