Universal #1245

Legacy number: 1245

 Number  1241
 Original  No language without initial clusters has V.CCV division of two-segment clusters.
 Standardized  IF there are no initial consonantal clusters, THEN there is no V.CCCV division of two-segment clusters.
 Keywords  syllable structure, consonantal cluster
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 144 languages in Bell 1971
 Source  Bell 1971: 45

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Discussion
Notes
Bell 1971: 45 states that is only a conjecture.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Bell 1971: 45 states that is only a conjecture.