Final-obstruent devoicing

<p>Final-obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic <a href="/facts/Phonological_process/w9Dh5Bh6">phonological process</a> occurring in languages such as <a href="/facts/Catalan_language/W2uTbK8Q">Catalan</a>, <a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a>, <a href="/facts/Dutch_language/yIB5lbsx">Dutch</a>, <a href="/facts/Quebec_French/WG9pg3Tf">Quebec French</a>, <a href="/facts/Breton_language/e0Rpgyvf">Breton</a>, <a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>, <a href="/facts/Polish_language/lzpvYDvV">Polish</a>, <a href="/facts/Lithuanian_language/p0bS9M0R">Lithuanian</a>, <a href="/facts/Turkish_language/C5X56Ijp">Turkish</a>, and <a href="/facts/Wolof_language/5DSHvUYc">Wolof</a>. In such languages, <a href="/facts/Voice_(phonetics)/VdqrEGQ3">voiced</a> <a href="/facts/Obstruent/cFCIaGGh">obstruents</a> in final position (at the end of a word) become voiceless before voiceless consonants and in <a href="/facts/Pausa/uXbl4YL4">pausa</a>. The process can be written as *C[+ obstruent, +voice] → C[-voice]/__#.
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Final-obstruent devoicing