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Universal 845:
- Original
- In initial clusters, the presence of at least one combination of stop + stop implies the presence of at least one combination of stop + fricative.
- Standardized
- In initial clusters, IF there is at least one combination of stop + stop, THEN there is at least one combination of stop + fricative.
- Keywords
- consonant cluster, initial, stop, fricative
- Domain
- phonology
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964
- Source
- Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 15, Greenberg 1978e: 254, #7]
- Counterexamples
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Cf. #848