Universal 846:

Universal 846:

Original

Languages with stop + stop almost always have both stop + fricative and fricative + stop combinations.

Standardized

In initial clusters, IF there is at least one combination of stop + stop, THEN there almost always the combinations of stop + fricative and fricative + stop.

Keywords

consonant cluster, initial, stop, fricative

Domain

phonology

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

almost absolute

Basis

sample of 104 languages in Greenberg 1964

Source

Greenberg 1964 [Greenberg 1965: 15, Greenberg 1978e: 254]

Counterexamples

Huichol (Uto-Aztecan), Takelma (isolate) (Greenberg 1965: 15, 1978e: 254)