Universal 452: pre-aspirated consonant ⇒ post-aspirated consonant;

Universal 452: pre-aspirated consonant ⇒ post-aspirated consonant;

Original

Postaspirated consonants occur more frequently than pre-aspirated ones.

Standardized

IF there are pre-aspirated consonants, THEN there are also postaspirated ones.

Keywords

/h/, consonant, aspiration, postaspirated, pre-aspirated

Domain

phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages in Hurch 1988

Source

Hurch 1988: 61

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