Universal 457: h V [ +pal ] ⇒ h V [ +vel ] ;
- Original
- /h/ is more likely to occur preceding a velar vowel than a palatal vowel.
- Standardized
- IF /h/ precedes a palatal vowel, THEN it also precedes a velar vowel.
- Keywords
- /h/, vowel, aspiration, velar, palatal
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages in Hurch 1988
- Source
- Hurch 1988: 60
- Counterexamples
However, crosslinguistic frequency is not equivalent to implication.