Universal 1765: Original Nasal effacement applies preferentially to weak nasals, thus to velar nasals in preference to dental or labial nasals. Standardized IF dental or…
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Universal 1765: Original Nasal effacement applies preferentially to weak nasals, thus to velar nasals in preference to dental or labial nasals. Standardized IF dental or…
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Universal 1764: Original The basic direction of merging of the consonant endings is unmistakable: invariably from the front to the back. Standardized IF back and…
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Universal 1763: Original The velars are most likely to undergo weakening, then the dentals, and lastly the labials, in that order. Standardized IF labials undergo…
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Universal 1762: Original Back consonants (velars) are more likely to undergo deletion than front consonants (labials and dentals). Standardized IF front consonants are deleted, THEN…
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Universal 1761: Original Hierarchy of major-class and manner features in the context of consonantal weakening: Ø < glides < liquids < nasals < +v fricatives…
Universal 1760: ##_V ⇒ V_V, V#_V, V_#V ⇒ V_#C, V_##, V_C#(#), VC_## Original Environmental hierarchy of consonantal weakening: initial ⇒ > intervocalic ⇒ final. If…
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Universal 1759: Original Vowels are shorter before voiceless obstruents than before voiced obstruents or sonorants. Standardized Vowels are shorter before voiceless obstruents than before voiced…
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Universal 1758: Original I know of no cases where a complete indefinite pronoun has been borrowed. Standardized Complete indefinite pronouns cannot be borrowed. Keywords borrowing,…
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Universal 1757: Original SOV languages cannot borrow a set of prepositions. Standardized IF basic word order is SOV, THEN there are no prepositions owing to…
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Universal 1756: Original For all languages, if tense is marked on non-finite forms, then it is also marked on finite forms. Standardized IF tense is…