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Universal 834:

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Universal 834:

Original
Languages with two or more r-types are unlikely to restrict the contrast to place alone.
Standardized
In languages with more than two r-types, IF there are any other contrasts between them, THEN there will also be a contrast of place;
and If there is a contrast of place, THEN there is very likely also some other contrast.
Keywords
/r/
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 321 languages by Maddieson 1980
Source
Lass 1984: 158, taken from survey by Maddieson 1980
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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