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Universal 1090:

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Universal 1090:

Original
Nasal stop systems do not have more place of articulation contrasts than corresponding oral stop systems.
Standardized
IF there are any place of articulation contrasts in a nasal stop system, THEN there are at least as many place of articulation contrasts in the oral stop system.
Keywords
nasal, oral, stop
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
almost absolute
Basis
sample of 106 languages in Crothers 1975v
Source
Ferguson 1963, Hockett 1955, cited in Crothers 1975: 156
Counterexamples
Fijian, Samoan (both Remote Oceanic, E. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian)

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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