Universal 864:

Universal 864:

Original

In final clusters, except for unvoiced obstruents followed by a voiced nasal, an unvoiced consonant or sequence of unvoiced consonants following a vowel is not followed by one or more voiced consonants.

Standardized

In final clusters, IF an unvoiced consonant or sequence of unvoiced consonants follows a vowel, THEN it will not be followed by one or more voiced consonants (except for unvoiced obstruents followed by a voiced nasal).

Keywords

consonant cluster, final, voice, vowel, obstruent

Domain

phonology

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964

Source

Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 21, Greenberg 1978e: 261, #23]

Counterexamples