Universal 752: glottalic obstruents & sonants ⇒ ejective obstruent is unvoiced

Universal 752: glottalic obstruents & sonants ⇒ ejective obstruent is unvoiced

Original

IF a language has glottalic obstruents and sonants, THEN the ejective obstruent is unvoiced.

Standardized

IF there are glottalic obstruents and sonants, THEN the ejective obstruent is unvoiced.

Keywords

glottalic, ejective, sonant, obstruent, voice

Domain

phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970

Source

Greenberg 1970: 125

Counterexamples