Universal #849
Legacy number: 849
| Number | 846 |
| Original | Languages with stop + stop almost always have both stop + fricative and fricative + stop combinations. |
| Standardized | In initial clusters, IF there is at least one combination of stop + stop, THEN there almost always the combinations of stop + fricative and fricative + stop. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, initial, stop, fricative |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | almost absolute |
| Basis | sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964 |
| Source | Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 15, Greenberg 1978e: 254] |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Huichol (Uto-Aztecan), Takelma (isolate) (Greenberg 1965: 15, 1978e: 254)
Notes
Cf. #847.
Comment
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=847"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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