- 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], [f v], and [s z]. Also,
there are...
- are
produced with an
audible constriction in the
vocal tract, such as
obstruents, nasals, liquids, and trills. Vowels,
glides and
laryngeal segments are...
-
dakuten (voicing mark). The
voiced obstruent consonants of
modern ****anese go back to
prenasalized voiced obstruents of Old ****anese.
Rendaku may have...
-
occur as a coda. **
Conventionally transcribed /r/ In the table, when
obstruents (stops, affricates, and fricatives)
appear in pairs, such as /p b/, /tʃ...
- is
rarely seen if it
would leave a
final voiced obstruent. A very few
words with
final voiced obstruents do occur, such as sed ('but') and apud ('next to')...
-
consonants (and some clusters, e.g. in Icelandic, most
clusters of
obstruent to
obstruent + [r], [j] or [v], such as [pr], [tj], [kv] etc.);
short vowels...
- (depending on the dialect)
voiceless fricatives; (4) a set of
voiced obstruents—/b/, /d/, /ɡ/, and
sometimes /ʝ/—which
alternate between approximant and...
