Universal #1085

Legacy number: 1085

 Number  1081
 Original  Where contrastive aspiration is neutralized before liquids and nasals, the occurring phone is not aspirated or if released not to the same degree of phonemic aspiration.
 Standardized  Where contrastive aspiration is neutralized before liquids and nasals, the occurring phone is not aspirated or if released not to the same degree of phonemic aspiration.
 Keywords  aspiration, liquid, nasal
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Devine 1974
 Source  Devine 1974: 17

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