- 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...
- or more of the
voiced obstruent consonant phonemes /d ɡ z b/. For instance, the
morpheme kaze (wind)
contains the
voiced obstruent consonant /z/, and so...
-
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...
-
closure of a
voiceless obstruent,
basically equivalent to an [h]-like
sound preceding the
obstruent. In
other words, when an
obstruent is preaspirated, the...
- 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...
-
occur as a coda. **
Conventionally transcribed /r/ In the table, when
obstruents (stops, affricates, and fricatives)
appear in pairs, such as /p b/, /tʃ...
-
grammatical consequences – as well as the use of
modal particles, final-
obstruent devoicing, and (similar) word order.
Dutch vocabulary is
mostly Germanic;...
