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Final-obstruent devoicing

Final-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages such as Catalan, German, Dutch, Quebec French, Breton, Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, Turkish, and Wolof. In such languages, voiced obstruents in final position (at the end of a word) become voiceless before voiceless consonants and in pausa. The…

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Languages with final-obstruent devoicing

West Germanic languagesAfrikaansCentral FranconianLuxembourgishRipuarian
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Runic inscriptionAmelandsWadden SeaAmelandDialect
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Phonological processCatalanGermanDutchQuebec French
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Devoicing in compounds

LexicalizedConsonant voicing and devoicing
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Languages with final-obstruent devoicing

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Devoicing in compounds

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Final-obstruent devoicing

Nodes131
Edges130
Triples35
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015267
Components1

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Final-obstruent devoicing

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related to English · 12
Final-obstruent devoicing → AAVE, Additionally, African-American Vernacular English, English, German, Gothic, It, Nevertheless, Old English, Proto-Germanic, Standard, There
related to Russian · 6
Final-obstruent devoicing → English, Final-obstruent, For, French, Russian, The

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devoicing final languages german english voiced dutch obstruents old russian germanic also final-obstruent french voiceless devoiced words process west fricatives

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Catalaninstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Germaninstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Dutchinstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Quebec Frenchinstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Bretoninstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Russianinstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Polishinstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Lithuanianinstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
Turkishinstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
and Wolofinstance ofFinal-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages0.80text
-if vs. -iveinstance ofPreserved in certain Modern French inflections0.80text
grand when applying liaisoninstance ofPreserved in certain Modern French inflections0.80text

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