Universal #875
Legacy number: 875
| Number | 872 |
| Original | In initial and final clusters, an unvoiced sonant is never immediately preceded or followed by another unvoiced sonant. |
| Standardized | In initial and final clusters, an unvoiced sonant is never immediately preceded or followed by another unvoiced sonant. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, final, initial, voice, sonant |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964 |
| Source | Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 25, Greenberg 1978e: 265, #31] |
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