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Universal 1811:

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Universal 1811:

Original
If a language has a voiceless dental-alveolar ejective stop [”t‘”] then it also has a voiced dental-alveolar nasal [”n”].
Standardized
IF there is a voiceless dental-alveolar ejective stop, THEN there is a voiced dental-alveolar nasal.
Keywords
stop, nasal, dental-alveolar, ejective, voice
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Maddieson’s UPSID-451 database
Source
Pericliev (i.p.)
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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