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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Times New Roman">It is often observed that
complex syllable onsets follow the Sonority<BR>Sequencing Principle, rising in
sonority toward the nucleus, such<BR>as /plan/, /kro/, etc. This can lead to
claims about universal typological<BR>implications. For example, if a language
allows liquid + obstruent<BR>clusters, then it must also allow the unmarked
sequence obstruent + liquid<BR>as well (Greenberg). I'm looking for a language
which falsifies this claim.<BR>Specifically, a language which has well-formed
onsets of the type liquid +<BR>obstruent, but crucially does NOT exhibit any
obstruent + liquid. I would<BR>even be happy to see nasal + obstruent but not
obstruent + nasal, or glide<BR>+ obstruent but not obstruent + glide. Please
note, however, that I am specifically not interested in pre-nasalized stops
since these are technically just single segments, not true clusters. If it can
be shown that in a word-initial /nd/ sequence the /n/ is a separate segment,
then that would be helpful to me.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thanks,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Times New Roman">Steve
Parker</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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