Universal #1770
Legacy number: 1770
| Number | 1765 |
| Original | Nasal effacement applies preferentially to weak nasals, thus to velar nasals in preference to dental or labial nasals. |
| Standardized | IF dental or labial nasals are effaced [deleted?}, THEN velar nasals are deleted too. |
| Keywords | nasal, consonant, velar, labial, dental, deletion |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | Indo-European languages and Finnish |
| Source | Foley 1977: 66 |
Discussion
Notes
For more general statements of the same nature about consonant deletion cf. ##1767, 1768.
Comment
For more general statements of the same nature about consonant deletion cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1767"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1768"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
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