Universal #846
Legacy number: 846
| Number | 843 |
| Original | In final clusters, the existence of at least one sequence consisting of a nasal (voiced or unvoiced) followed by a heterogenic obstruent implies the existence of at least one cluster consisting of a nasal (voiced or unvoiced) followed by a homorganic obstruent. |
| Standardized | In final clusters, IF there is at least one sequence consisting of a nasal (voiced or unvoiced) followed by a heterogenic obstruent, THEN there is at least one cluster consisting of a nasal (voiced or unvoiced) followed by a homorganic obstruent. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, obstruent, homorganic, nasal, heterogenic, phoneme order, final |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964 |
| Source | Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 14, Greenberg 1978e: 253, #6] |
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