Universal #693
Legacy number: 693
| Number | 690 |
| Original | The occurrence of consonant-combinations in initial and final position of words implies their possibility in medial position, between vowels, but not vice versa. |
| Standardized | IF consonant clusters occur in initial and final position of words, THEN these same consonant clusters also occur in medial position, between vowels. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, initial position, final position, medial position |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Trnka 1936, Trubetzkoy 1939, cited in Bell 1971: 41, cited in Holenstein 1985: 129 |
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