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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