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Universal 1793:

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Universal 1793:

Original
N-deletion is preferred preceding fricatives rather than stops.
Standardized
IF there is nasal deletion preceding stops, THEN there is nasal deletion preceding fricatives.
Keywords
nasal, deletion, stop, fricative
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin
Source
Foley 1975, Foley 1977, cited in Hajek 1997: 138
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Examples: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, Polish, Icelandic, Luganda, Afrikaans, Dutch.2. For a similar universal about consonant weakening and deletion, cf. #1766.3. Cf. also #1776.

    1. May 2020

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