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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