Universal #694

Legacy number: 694

 Number  691
 Original  In initial sounds: the heterorganic sequence of an obstruent consonant and a nasal consonant (e.g. bn) implies a heterorganic sequence of a voiced obstruent consonant and a nasal (e.g. dn), this implies a heterorganic sequence of a voiceless obstruent consonant and a nasal (e.g. pm), and this finally implies a sequence of a voiceless obstruent consonant and a liquid (e.g. pl).
 Standardized  IF there is a heterorganic cluster of an obstruent consonant and a nasal consonant (e.g. bn), THEN there will be a heterorganic cluster of a voiced obstruent consonant and a nasal (e.g. dn).
IF there is a heterorganic cluster of a voiced obstruent consonant and a nasal (e.g. dn), THEN there will be a heterorganic cluster of a voiceless obstruent consonant and a nasal (e.g. pm).
IF there is a heterorganic cluster of a voiceless obstruent consonant and a nasal (e.g. pm), THEN there will be a heterorganic cluster of a voiceless obstruent consonant and a liquid (e.g. pl).
 Keywords  consonant cluster, phoneme order, nasals, liquid, initial, heterorganic
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Holenstein 1985: 129

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Discussion
Notes
See also Greenberg 1965/78; Pertz & Bever 1975.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See also Greenberg 1965/78; Pertz & Bever 1975.