Universal #867
Legacy number: 867
| Number | 864 |
| Original | In final clusters, except for unvoiced obstruents followed by a voiced nasal, an unvoiced consonant or sequence of unvoiced consonants following a vowel is not followed by one or more voiced consonants. |
| Standardized | In final clusters, IF an unvoiced consonant or sequence of unvoiced consonants follows a vowel, THEN it will not be followed by one or more voiced consonants (except for unvoiced obstruents followed by a voiced nasal). |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, final, voice, vowel, obstruent |
| 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: 21, Greenberg 1978e: 261, #23] |
Discussion
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Cf. #866.
Comment
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