lists and describes distinctive features in linguistics.

Major class

Major class features: The features that represent the major classes of sounds.
#[+/− syllabic] Syllabic segments may function as the nucleus of a syllable, while their counterparts, the [−syll] segments, may not. Except in the case of syllabic consonants, [+syllabic] designates all vowels,

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