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Universal 1796:
- Original
- In preconsonantal position distinctive nasalization develops preferentially before continuants.
- Standardized
- In preconsonantal position distinctive nasalization develops preferentially before continuants.
- Keywords
- nasalization, preconsonantal, continuant
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- unconditional
- Status
- diachronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin
- Source
- Schourup 1973, cited in Hajek 1997: 138
- Counterexamples
