Universal 1772:
- Original
- Nasalization is more likely to occur before consonants than vowels.
- Standardized
- IF nasalization occurs before a vowel, THEN it will occur before a consonant.
- Keywords
- nasal, consonant, vowel
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- unclear whether diachronic and/or achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- Indo-European languages and Finnish
- Source
- Foley 1977: 68
- Counterexamples
