Universal #765

Legacy number: 765

 Number  762
 Original  Injectives tend not to cluster with plain consonants.
 Standardized  Injectives tend not to cluster with plain consonants.
 Keywords  injective, consonant cluster
 Domain  phonology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  almost absolute
 Basis  150 phonological descriptions examined by Greenberg 1970
 Source  Greenberg 1970: 131

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Mon, Khmer (both Austroasiatic)