Universal #1806

Legacy number: 1806

 Number  1801
 Original  Nasals tend to endure word-finally after obstruents have been lost.
 Standardized  In word-final nasal + obstruent clusters,
IF the nasal is deleted, THEN the obstruent should have already been deleted as well.
 Keywords  obstruent, nasal, deletion
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 144 languages in Bell 1971; Middle Chinese, Modern Chinese dialects, English, Swedish in Chen & Wang 1975, 58-language sample in Coberly 1984
 Source  Gauthiot 1913, Bell 1971, Chen & Wang 1975: 267, referred to by Coberly 1984: 102

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Discussion
Notes
1. This statement supports the generalization #1805.2. See also the hierarchy of consonantal weakening, #1766.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. This statement supports the generalization <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1805"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.

2. See also the hierarchy of consonantal weakening, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1766"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.