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Universal 1087:

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Universal 1087:

Original
It is clear that the general tendency for a cluster of consonant and nasal is either to (i) retain the nasality (by weakening or deleting the consonant), or (ii) to lose the nasality (when the preceding consonant is stronger than the nasal).
Standardized
The general tendency for a cluster of consonant and nasal is either to (i) retain the nasality (by weakening or deleting the consonant), or (ii) to lose the nasality (when the preceding consonant is stronger than the nasal).
Keywords
consonant cluster, nasal
Domain
phonology
Type
unconditional
Status
diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages in Bhat 1975
Source
Bhat 1975: 42
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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