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Universal 1812:

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Universal 1812:

Original
The presence of a voiceless dental-alveolar sibilant ejective affricate [”ts‘”] in a language implies the presence of a voiceless velar ejective stop [k‘].
Standardized
IF there is a voiceless dental-alveolar sibilant ejective affricate, THEN there is a voiceless velar ejective stop.
Keywords
stop, affricate, dental-alveolar, velar, ejective, sibilant, voice
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Maddieson’s UPSID-451 database
Source
Pericliev (i.p.)
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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