Universal 764: unvoiced ejective ⇒ plain stop
- Original
- … unvoiced ejectives never exist without plain stops.
- Standardized
- IF there are unvoiced ejectives, THEN there will be plain stops.
- Keywords
- ejective, stop, voice
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- almost absolute
- Basis
- 150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
- Source
- Greenberg 1970: 134
- Counterexamples
- Maidu (Maiduan), Mazahua (Oto-Manguean), Lotuxo, Teso (both Nilotic, Nilo-Saharan)
