final obstruent devoicing

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English

Noun

final obstruent devoicing (usually uncountable, plural final obstruent devoicings)

(linguistics) The feature of a language of only allowing voiceless consonants before a pausa.

Translations

language feature

Dutch: eindklankverscherping f
Finnish: sananloppuisten obstruenttien soinnitontuminen, sananloppuisten obstruenttien soinnillisuuden menetys
French: dévoisement final m
German: Auslautverhärtung (de) f
Polish: ubezdźwięcznienie końcowych obstruentów n
Swedish: slutljudsskärpning (sv) c, utljudsskärpning (sv) c

Further reading

final-obstruent devoicing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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