Czecklish phonology: Difference between revisions

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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 Khazarian consonant cluster, including across a word boundary, the obstruents are either all voiced or all voiceless.  
*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.  
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