Universal #1916

Legacy number: 1916

 Number  1911
 Original  If a language has an optative mood, it also has a subjunctive or an imperative mood.
 Standardized  IF there is an optative mood, THEN there is subjunctive or an imperative mood
 Keywords  mood, optative, subjunctive, imperative
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  ?
 Source  ? cited in Kiefer 1999: 227

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