Universal #876
Legacy number: 876
| Number | 873 |
| Original | If a language has at least one cluster containing n glottalized consonants, it has at least one cluster with n - 1 glottalized consonants. |
| Standardized | IF there is at least one cluster containing n glottalized consonants, THEN there will be at least one cluster with n-1 glottalized consonants. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, final, initial, glottalized |
| Domain | phonology |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964 |
| Source | Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 25, Greenberg 1978e: 265, #32] |
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