Universal #1092

Legacy number: 1092

 Number  1088
 Original  Nasal systems with more than two place of articulation contrasts usually have a palatal or velar nasal, or both.
 Standardized  IF a nasal system has more than two place of articulation contrasts, THEN it will probably have a palatal or velar nasal, or both.
 Keywords  nasal, consonant, palatal, velar
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 106 languages in Crothers 1975
 Source  Crothers 1975: 156

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Counterexamples
Mundari (Munda, Austroasiatic)
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