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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