Universal 1838:
- Original
- Standardized
- IF there is a breathy voiced velar stop, THEN there is also a voiceless aspirated velar stop.
- Keywords
- stop, velar, breathy voice, aspirated
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- Maddieson’s UPSID-451 database
- Source
- Pericliev (i.p.)
- Counterexamples
Cf. Nartey’s less restrictive claim (#799): If there is a voiced obstruent, then most likely its voiceless cognate is present as well.