Universal #881
Legacy number: 881
| Number | 878 |
| Original | Every language with initial clusters contains at least one cluster with an initial consonant in the dental-alveolar region. |
| Standardized | IF there are initial consonant clusters, THEN there is at least one cluster with an initial consonant in the dental-alveolar region. |
| Keywords | consonant cluster, initial, dental, alveolar |
| 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: 269, #39] |
Discussion
Notes
easy to redo implicationally
Comment
easy to redo implicationally
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