Universal #1094
Legacy number: 1094
| Number | 1090 |
| Original | Nasal stop systems do not have more place of articulation contrasts than corresponding oral stop systems. |
| Standardized | IF there are any place of articulation contrasts in a nasal stop system, THEN there are at least as many place of articulation contrasts in the oral stop system. |
| Formula | |
| Keywords | nasal, oral, stop |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | almost absolute |
| Basis | sample of 106 languages in Crothers 1975v |
| Source | Ferguson 1963, Hockett 1955, cited in Crothers 1975: 156 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Fijian, Samoan (both Remote Oceanic, E. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian)
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