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Universal 840:
- Original
- Every initial of final sequence of length m contains at least one continuous subsequence of length m – 1.
- Standardized
- IF there is a consonant cluster of length m (initially or finally), THEN there is at least one continuous subsequence of length m -1.
- Keywords
- consonant cluster
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964
- Source
- Greenberg 1964[Greenberg 1965: 11, Greenberg 1878e: 250, #3]
- Counterexamples
- Chatino, Pame (both Oto-Manguean), Coeur d‘Alene (Salish) (Greenberg 1965: 11, 1978e: 250)
