Implicational hierarchy: Difference between revisions

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(3) '''{{IPA|/ n /}} < {{IPA|/ m /}} < {{IPA|/ ɲ /}}'''

This hierarchy defines the following possible combinations of dental/alveolar, bilabial, and palatal voiced nasals in

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{| class="wikitable"

! width="50"| ||width="30"|{{IPA|/ n /}} ||width="30"|{{IPA|/ m /}}||width="30"|{{IPA|/ ɲ /}}

|-

| Type 1: || align='center'|{{IPA|/ n /}} || align='center'|{{IPA|/ m /}} ||align='center'|{{IPA|/ ɲ /}}

|-

| Type 2: || align='center'|{{IPA|/ n /}} || align='center'|{{IPA|/ m /}} || align='center'|-

|-

| Type 3: || align='center'|{{IPA|/ n /}} || align='center'|- ||align='center'|-

|}

In other words, the hierarchy implies that there are no languages with {{IPA|/ ɲ /}} but without {{IPA|/ m /}} and {{IPA|/ n /}}, or with {{IPA|/ ɲ /}} and {{IPA|/ m /}} but without {{IPA|/ n /}}.

==Morphology==