- An
obstruent (/ˈɒbstruənt/ OB-stroo-ənt) is a
speech sound such as [k], [d͡ʒ], or [f] that is
formed by
obstructing airflow.
Obstruents contrast with sonorants...
- / / 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,...
-
letters for many
voiceless and
modally voiced pairs of
consonants (the
obstruents), such as [p b], [t d], [k ɡ], [q ɢ], [c ɟ], [f v], and [s z]. Also, there...
- law
blocks rendaku when the
second element already contains a
voiced obstruent phoneme (/d/, /ɡ/, /z/, or /b/). For instance, in
umikaze (sea breeze)...
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regional pronunciation differences.
Catalan is
characterized by final-
obstruent devoicing, lenition, and
voicing ****imilation; a set of 7 to 8 phonemic...
-
liquid consonants like [l] and [r]. This set of
sounds contrasts with the
obstruents (stops,
affricates and fricatives). For some authors, only the term resonant...
- 'small'. The
obstruent slot of an
onset or coda may
consist of
multiple obstruents itself. Here, too, only one
member of each
subgroup of
obstruents may appear...
- of articulation.
Notes In rows
where some
letters appear in
pairs (the
obstruents), the
letter to the
right represents a
voiced consonant,
except breathy-voiced...
-
palatals and velars, correspondingly) as well as a
general absence of
labial obstruents (except
where /b/ has
arisen from *w). In the
historical phonology there...
