# complementary distribution

> linguistic phenomenon where some phonemes of a language are found in some cases and others are found in similar but different cases; often indicating sound change and divergent mutual descents

**Wikidata**: [Q1321675](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321675)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_distribution)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/complementary-distribution


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013