Month: May 2020

Universal 855: Original No succession of consonants only differing in that one is unvoiced and the other is glottalized occurs in initial or final clusters…

Universal 854: Original In final clusterss a voiced stop is only followed immediately by a stop differing only in being unvoiced if there is a…

Universal 853: Original An unvoiced stop in initial clusters is never preceded immediately by a stop differing only by voicing, and in final systems is…

Universal 852: Original In final clusters, the existence of at least one nasal + liquid cluster implies the existence of at least one obstruent +…

Universal 851: Original In final clusters, the existence of at least one fricative + fricative combination implies the presence of at least one stop +…

Universal 850: Original In final clusters, the existence of at least one liquid + nasal cluster implies the existence of at least one liquid +…

Universal 849: Original In initial clusters, the existence of at least one fricative + fricative combination implies the presence of at least one stop+ fricative…

Universal 848: Original In initial clusters, the existence of at least one cluster consisting of a liquid + nasal implies the existence of at least…

Universal 847: Original In final clusters the presence of at least one combination of stop + stop implies the presence of at least one combination…

Universal 846: Original Languages with stop + stop almost always have both stop + fricative and fricative + stop combinations. Standardized In initial clusters, IF…