Universal #1091

Legacy number: 1091

 Number  1087
 Original  It is clear that the general tendency for a cluster of consonant and nasal is either to (i) retain the nasality (by weakening or deleting the consonant), or (ii) to lose the nasality (when the preceding consonant is stronger than the nasal).
 Standardized  The general tendency for a cluster of consonant and nasal is either to (i) retain the nasality (by weakening or deleting the consonant), or (ii) to lose the nasality (when the preceding consonant is stronger than the nasal).
 Keywords  consonant cluster, nasal
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Bhat 1975
 Source  Bhat 1975: 42

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