If a language exhibits only prenasalized voiceless consonants, voicing is non-contrastive within the consonant system.
Standardized
IF there are prenasalized voiceless consonants only, THEN voicing is non-contrastive within the consonant system. OR: IF voicing is contrastive in the consonant system, THEN some prenasalized voiced stops will be present.
Keywords
voice, prenasalized stop
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages mentioned in erbert 1986, with special emphasis on Bantu and Austronesian
A PRENASALIZED CONSONANT is formally defined as a necessarily homorganic sequence of nasal and non-nasal consonantal segments which together exhibit the approximate surface duration of ‘simple’ consonants in those language systems within which they function (Herbert 1986: 10).
A PRENASALIZED CONSONANT is formally defined as a necessarily homorganic sequence of nasal and non-nasal consonantal segments which together exhibit the approximate surface duration of ‘simple’ consonants in those language systems within which they function (Herbert 1986: 10).