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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