Universal #1779

Legacy number: 1779

 Number  1774
 Original  See IPA.
 Standardized  IF nasalization occurs before /f/, THEN it also occurs before /≈/.
 Formula  <img src="../img/graphics/1779.gif" alt"">
 Keywords  nasal, nasalization, vowel, consonant
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  unclear whether diachronic and/or achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Indo-European languages and Finnish
 Source  Foley 1977: 68

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