Universal #851

Legacy number: 851

 Number  848
 Original  In initial clusters, the existence of at least one cluster consisting of a liquid + nasal implies the existence of at least one cluster consisting of liquid + obstruent.
 Standardized  In initial clusters, IF there is at least one cluster consisting of liquid + nasal, THEN there is at least one cluster consisting of liquid + obstruent.
 Keywords  consonant cluster, initial, liquid, nasal, obstruent
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964
 Source  Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 26, Greenberg 1978e: 266, #34]

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Notes
Cf. ##877, 855, 878.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=877"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=855"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=878"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.