Universal 776: /h/ ⇒ primary fricative
- Original
- A language is very unlikely to have /h/ unless it also has a primary fricative.
- Standardized
- IF there is an /h/, THEN there will most likely also be a primary fricative.
- Keywords
- fricative
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- 317 language sample from Nartey 1979
- Source
- Nartey 1979: 16
- Counterexamples
- Hawaiian, Roro (both Oceanic, Austronesian), Barasano (Tucanoan) (Nartey 1979:16)
