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 back consonants are as well.
- Keywords
- consonant, back, front, deletion
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- diachronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- Romance and Germanic languages
- Source
- Escure 1977: 61
- Counterexamples
For more specific claims, cf. #1768 and #1770 (about nasals).