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Universal 792: secondary nasal consonant ⇒ primary nasal consonant

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Universal 792: secondary nasal consonant ⇒ primary nasal consonant

Original
No language has Secondary Nasal Consonants unless it has one or more Primary Nasal Consonants.
Standardized
IF there are Secondary Nasal Consonants, THEN there will be at least one Primary Nasal Consonant.
Keywords
nasal, consonant
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages mentioned in Ferguson 1963; 317 language sample from Nartey 1979
Source
Ferguson 1963: 58 (VI), Uspensky 1965: 192, Nartey 1979: 33
Counterexamples
Apinaye (Ge-Pano), Barasano (Tucanoan);Hakka (Chinese, Sino-Tibetan) (Nartey 1979: 33)
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    1. A Primary Nasal Consonant (PNC) is a phoneme of which the most characteristic allophone is a voiced nasal stop, that is, a sound produced by a complete oral stoppage (e.g., apical, labial), velic opening, and vibration of the vocal cords.2. A Secondary Nasal Consonant (SNC) is a nasal consonant phoneme the most characteristic phoneme of which is not a simple voiced nasal (Ferguson 1963: 56-7).

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