Universal #931

Legacy number: 931

 Number  928
 Original  <img src="../img/graphics/931.gif" alt="">
 Standardized  If in a given context nasal-vowel (NV) sequences occur, and /u/ represents the highest back rounded vowel appearing in these sequences, then:

A. NV > N§ ⇒ mu > N§ or ˜u > N§, and
B. NVlow > N§ ⇒ NVnonlow > N§ ,
and similarly for contexts containing vowel-nasal sequences.
 Formula 
 Keywords  nasal, vowel, high, back, syllabic, consonant
 Domain  phonology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  85 language sample in Bell 1978
 Source  Bell 1978: 178

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Notes
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
A preliminary version of this paper appeared in Working Papers on Language Universals 4, November 1970, which contained a language sample of 182.
The present sample given above is a part of this larger one.