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...

'small'. The obstruent slot of an onset or coda may consist of multiple obstruents itself. Here, too, only one member of each subgroup of obstruents may appear...

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...

dakuten (voicing mark). The voiced obstruent consonants of modern Japanese go back to prenasalized voiced obstruents of Old Japanese. Rendaku may have...

phonemic analysis treats all geminate obstruents as sequences starting with the same consonant: a "mora obstruent" /Q/. In this analysis, [ak̚ka], [issai]...

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...