Universal #1798

Legacy number: 1798

 Number  1793
 Original  N-deletion is preferred preceding fricatives rather than stops.
 Standardized  IF there is nasal deletion preceding stops, THEN there is nasal deletion preceding fricatives.
 Keywords  nasal, deletion, stop, fricative
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin
 Source  Foley 1975, Foley 1977, cited in Hajek 1997: 138

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1. Examples: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, Luganda, Afrikaans, Dutch.2. For a similar universal about consonant weakening and deletion, cf. #1766.3. Cf. also #1776.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Examples: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, Luganda, Afrikaans, Dutch.
2. For a similar universal about consonant weakening and deletion, cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1766"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
3. Cf. also <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1776"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">