Values

0 no 10
1 yes 24
? missing value 0

Are there word-initial consonant clusters?

Uralic Areal Typology feature UT141

Are there word-initial consonant clusters?

Consonant clusters are possible in the beginning of a word.

Estonian
krigisema [ˈkri.ki.ˌse.ma] scrunch.SUP

Meadow Mari
кредалаш [kre.da.ˈlaʃ] fight.SUP

Erzya
кши [kʃi] ‘bread’

Coding. The value is '1' if word-initial consonant clusters are possible in a language. Only the core vocabulary is considered.

Language Value Comment Example Id

Values for this feature plotted on the phylogenetic tree