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Universal 761:
- Original
- Syllabic initial position is favoured for glottalic consonants in general.
- Standardized
- IF there are glottalic consonants in positions other than syllable-initial, THEN they will also occur syllable-initially.
- Keywords
- syllable, initial, glottalic, consonant
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- 150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
- Source
- Greenberg 1970: 131
- Counterexamples
- Kpelle (Mande, Niger-Congo), Zulu (Bantu, Niger-Congo), Gurma (Gur, Niger-Congo); Sara-Mbay (Central Sudanic, Nilo-Saharan); Munda languages (Austroasiatic)
