Universal 321: acc (nouns) ⇒ some non-zero allomorphs

Original: If nouns have a syntactic form of the accusative, then at least some of its allomorphs are non-zero.
Standardized: IF nouns have a syntactic form of the accusative, THEN at least some of its allomorphs are non-zero.
Keywords: noun, case, accusative, allomorphy, zero
Domain: inflection
Type: no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status: achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source: Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples: Somali (Cushitic, Afro-Asiatic), Maidu (Maiduan), Yuma (Hokan) (Kozinsky 1981); probably systems with “marked nominative“:Oromo, Dasenech, Kambata (all Cushitic, Afro-Asiatic) (Bender 1976: 182, 205, 253); Zayse (Omotic, Afro-Asiatic) (Hayward (ed.)1990: 241); some languages (spoken in Morocco and Algeria) from the Berber family (Sasse 1984, Chaker 1988)

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