Universal #856
Legacy number: 856
| Number | 853 |
| Original | An unvoiced stop in initial clusters is never preceded immediately by a stop differing only by voicing, and in final systems is never immediately followed by such a stop. |
| Standardized | IF an unvoiced stop is preceded immediately by a stop in an initial cluster, THEN they will not only differ in voicing. IF an unvoiced stop is immediately followed by a stop in a final cluster, THEN they will not only differ in voicing. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, initial, final, stop, phoneme order, voice |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964 |
| Source | Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 17, Greenberg 1978e: 257, #11] |
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