Universal #1772
Legacy number: 1772
| Number | 1767 |
| Original | Nasal effacement applies to unstressed nasals in preference to stressed nasals. |
| Standardized | IF stressed nasals in stressed syllables are effaced [deleted?], THEN nasals in unstressed syllables are effaced too. |
| Keywords | nasal, stress, deletion |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | Indo-European languages and Finnish |
| Source | Foley 1977: 66 |
Discussion
Notes
Cf. #1793.
Comment
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