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Universal 1088:
- Original
- Nasal systems with more than two place of articulation contrasts usually have a palatal or velar nasal, or both.
- Standardized
- IF a nasal system has more than two place of articulation contrasts, THEN it will probably have a palatal or velar nasal, or both.
- Keywords
- nasal, consonant, palatal, velar
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- sample of 106 languages in Crothers 1975
- Source
- Crothers 1975: 156
- Counterexamples
- Mundari (Munda, Austroasiatic)
