- An
obstruent (/ˈɒbstruːənt/ OB-stroo-ənt) is a
speech sound such as [k], [d͡ʒ], or [f] that is
formed by
obstructing airflow.
Obstruents contrast with...
- / / 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...
-
occur as a coda. **
Conventionally transcribed /r/ In the table, when
obstruents (stops, affricates, and fricatives)
appear in pairs, such as /p b/, /tʃ...
-
dakuten (voicing mark). The
voiced obstruent consonants of
modern ****anese go back to
prenasalized voiced obstruents of Old ****anese.
Rendaku may have...
-
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...
- In linguistics, a
tenuis consonant (/ˈtɛn.juːɪs/ or /ˈtɛnuːɪs/) is an
obstruent that is voiceless,
unaspirated and unglottalized. In
other words, it has...
-
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...
-
allowed continuant +
obstruent clusters in
medial and
final position only:
Fricative +
obstruent: ft, ht, fs, hs, zd
Nasal +
obstruent: mp, mf, ms, mb, nt...
