Universal #1098

Legacy number: 1098

 Number  1094
 Original  Nasal consonants tend to share place of articulation properties with stop systems, and glottal features, syllabicity, and accent bearing with liquids.
 Standardized  Nasal consonants tend to share place of articulation properties with stop systems, and glottal features, syllabicity, and accent bearing with liquids.
 Keywords  nasal, consonant, stop, liquid
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 106 languages in Crothers 1975
 Source  Crothers 1975: 159

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Gbaya (Adamawa-Ubangian, Niger-Congo) has implosive (preglottalized?) nasals but no corresponding liquids.