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''“A voiced continuant obstruent (i.e. '''β''', '''ð''', or '''ɣ''') becomes devoiced ('''f''', '''þ''', or '''x''', respectively) when word-final or before an unvoiced consonant.”''
''“A voiced continuant obstruent (i.e. '''β''', '''ð''', or '''ɣ''') becomes devoiced ('''f''', '''θ''', or '''x''', respectively) when word-final or before an unvoiced consonant.”''
 
E.g.:
* ''gi'''b'''an'' ‘to give’, but preterit singular ''ga'''f'''''.
* ''rē'''d'''an'' ‘to talk’, but imperative ''rē'''þ'''''.


===Geminate Simplification I===
===Geminate Simplification I===