Universal #1774
Legacy number: 1774
| Number | 1769 |
| Original | Nasal effacement applies to nasals after inherently strong vowels in preference to nasals after inherently weak vowels. |
| Standardized | IF nasals are effaced [deleted?] after inherently weak vowels, THEN nasals are effaced after inherently strong vowels too. |
| Keywords | nasal, consonant, vowel, strength, deletion |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | Indo-European languages and Finnish |
| Source | Foley 1977: 66 |
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