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**This leads to neutralization of voiced/voiceless pairs in those positions. | **This leads to neutralization of voiced/voiceless pairs in those positions. | ||
**The phenomenon applies in word-final position and in consonant clusters. | **The phenomenon applies in word-final position and in consonant clusters. | ||
*In a | *In a Czecklish consonant cluster, including across a word boundary, the obstruents are either all voiced or all voiceless. | ||
**To determine whether a given cluster has voiced or voiceless obstruents, examine whether the last obstruent in the cluster, excluding /v/ or /ʐ/, appears to be voiced or voiceless. | **To determine whether a given cluster has voiced or voiceless obstruents, examine whether the last obstruent in the cluster, excluding /v/ or /ʐ/, appears to be voiced or voiceless. | ||
***The consonants /m n ɲ ŋ r r̝ l ʎ w/ do not represent obstruents, and therefore do not affect the voicing of other consonants; they are also usually not subject to devoicing except when surrounded by unvoiced consonants. | ***The consonants /m n ɲ ŋ r r̝ l ʎ w/ do not represent obstruents, and therefore do not affect the voicing of other consonants; they are also usually not subject to devoicing except when surrounded by unvoiced consonants. | ||