- An
obstruent (/ˈɒbstruːənt/ OB-stroo-ənt) is a
speech sound such as [k], [d͡ʒ], or [f] that is
formed by
obstructing airflow.
Obstruents contrast with...
- / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and
transcription delimiters. Final-
obstruent devoicing or
terminal devoicing is a
systematic phonological process occurring...
- may be
added to the approximant.
Nearly all
languages with such
lateral obstruents also have the approximant. However,
there are a
number of exceptions,...
-
emphatic consonant is an
obstruent consonant which originally contrasted with
series of both
voiced and
voiceless obstruents. In
specific Semitic languages...
-
occur as a coda. **
Conventionally transcribed /r/ In the table, when
obstruents (stops, affricates, and fricatives)
appear in pairs, such as /p b/, /tʃ...
-
letters for many
voiceless and
modally voiced pairs of
consonants (the
obstruents), such as [p b], [t d], [k ɡ], [q ɢ], [f v], and [s z]. Also,
there are...
- (depending on the dialect)
voiceless fricatives; (4) a set of
voiced obstruents—/b/, /d/, /ɡ/, and
sometimes /ʝ/—which
alternate between approximant and...
- "mirage"; however, in a word-final
position or when
followed by a
voiceless obstruent, it is
devoiced to the
voiceless retroflex fricative ([ʂ]). Its pronunciation...
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devoiced [m̥, n̥, ŋ̊, ɲ̊, l̥, ɾ̥, w̥]
after a
voiceless obstruent and
optionally after a
voiced obstruent which was devoiced. For example,
wiatr ('wind') is...
-
closure of a
voiceless obstruent,
basically equivalent to an [h]-like
sound preceding the
obstruent. In
other words, when an
obstruent is preaspirated, the...
