Universal #878

Legacy number: 878

 Number  875
 Original  In final clusters, the existence of at least one cluster consisting of nasal + nasal implies the existence of at least one cluster consisting of nasal +obstruent.
 Standardized  In final clusters, IF there is at least one cluster consisting of nasal + nasal, THEN there is at least one cluster consisting of nasal + obstruent.
 Keywords  consonant cluster, initial, nasal, obstruent
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964
 Source  Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 27, Greenberg 1978c: 267, #36]

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Cf. ##851, 855, 877.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=851"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=855"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=877"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.