Universal #880
Legacy number: 880
| Number | 877 |
| Original | Every language with final clusters contains at least one cluster with a final obstruent in the dental-alveolar region. |
| Standardized | IF there are final consonant clusters, THEN there will be at least one cluster with a final obstruent in the dental-alveolar region. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, final, dental, alveolar, 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: 28, Greenberg 1978c: 268, #38] |
Discussion
Notes
easy to redo implicationally
Comment
easy to redo implicationally
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