Universal #1093

Legacy number: 1093

 Number  1089
 Original  Nearly all languages have contrasting labial and dental nasals.
 Standardized  Nearly all languages have contrasting labial and dental nasals.
 Keywords  nasal, consonant, labial, dental
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  almost absolute
 Basis  sample of 106 languages in Crothers 1975
 Source  Crothers 1975: 155

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Amerind: Achumawi (Hokan), Apinaye (Ge-Pano), Barasano (Tucanoan), Mixtec (Oto-Manguean), Mura (Paezan), Pawnee (Caddoan), Arapaho (Algonquian), Makah, Nitinat (both Wakashan), Quileute (Chimakuan), Seneca (Iroquoian), Yuchi (isolate), Clallam, Lkungen, dialects of Halkomelem Salish such as Chilliwack, Duwamish, Snoqualmie, Tillamook, Twana (all Salish) (Thompson and Thompson 1972: 451); Hakka (Chinese, Sino-Tibetan), Lakes Plain (Papuan), Rotokas (E. Papuan), Palauan (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian)