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Universal 805:

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Universal 805:

Original
The opposition of a stop and an affricate in the languages of the world implies the presence of a fricative in the same series.
Standardized
IF there is an opposition of a stop and an affricate, THEN there will be a fricative of the same series.
Keywords
affricate, stop, fricative
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Jakobson 1941
Source
Jakobson 1941: 56, Jakobson 1957 [1971]: 526, cited in Uspensky 1965: 191, cited in Melikischwili 1970: 66
Counterexamples
Affricates without the corresponding fricative:Amerind: Plains Miwok (Miwok-Costanoan), Wintu, Patwin (both Wintuan), Shasta, Yana (both Hokan), Yamana (Andean), Yukpa (Carib), Kwakiutl (Wakashan). Altaic: Kirghiz, Gagauz, Karaim, Khakas, Uighur, Yakut (all Turkic), Mongolian, Khalkha, Pao-an, Solon, Monguor, Dagur, Doungxiang (all Mongolian); Indo-European: Ossetic, Tati (both Iranian), Marathi, Oriya (both Indic), Italian (Italic).Indonesian, (Sundic, Western Malayo-Polynesian), Tagalog (Meso-Philippine, Western Malayo-Polynesian), Tlingit (Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit), Haida (isolate), Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) – mentioned in Melikischwili 1970: 66;Kickapoo (Algonquian) has [t] and [†] but not [s](Hockett 1963: 25).

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #489.

    1. May 2020

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