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Universal 1013:

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Universal 1013:

Original
A compact nasal consonant implies the the presence of two diffuse consonants, one acute and the other grave.
Standardized
IF there is a compact nasal consonant, THEN there are two diffuse consonants, one acute and the other grave.
Keywords
consonant, nasal, compact, diffuse, acute, grave
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
Jakobson 1963: 265, cited in Uspensky 1965: 193
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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