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  2. English phonology - Wikipedia

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    May have no audible release [p̚, b̚, t̚, d̚, k̚, ɡ̚] in the word-final position. [27] [28] These allophones are more common in North America than Great Britain. [27] Almost always have a masked release before another plosive or affricate (as in rubbed [ˈɹʌˑb̚d̥]), i.e. the release of the first stop is made after the closure of the ...

  3. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    However, a large number of Germanic words have y in word-final position. ... sh /ʃ/ shin, fashion, wish, Lewisham, foreshore, kinship /s h/ /z h/

  4. Consonant cluster - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, in Thai, words with initial consonant clusters are commonly reduced in colloquial speech to pronounce only the initial consonant, such as the pronunciation of the word ครับ reducing from /kʰrap̚˦˥/ to /kʰap̚˦˥/. [7] Another element of consonant clusters in Old Chinese was analysed in coda and post-coda position.

  5. Voiceless postalveolar fricative - Wikipedia

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    A voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.The International Phonetic Association uses the term voiceless postalveolar fricative only for the sound [ ʃ ], [1] but it also describes the voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative [ɹ̠̊˔], for which there are significant perceptual differences.

  6. Shin (letter) - Wikipedia

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    Position in word Isolated Final Medial Initial Glyph form: ... Sh'at haShin ('Shin hour') is the last possible moment for any action, usually in a military context.

  7. Long s - Wikipedia

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    See, for example, the word "Bleſſings" in the Preamble to the United States Constitution. This usage was not universal, and a long followed by a short s is sometimes seen even mid-word (e.g. "Miſsiſsippi"). [5] Round s was used at the end of each word in a hyphenated compound word: "croſs-piece".

  8. Voiceless alveolar fricative - Wikipedia

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    It occurs in Icelandic as well as an intervocalic and word-final allophone of English /t/ in dialects such as Hiberno-English and Scouse. The voiceless alveolar lateral fricative [ɬ] sounds like a voiceless, strongly articulated version of English l (somewhat like what the English cluster **hl would sound like) and is written as ll in Welsh.

  9. Shaviyani (letter) - Wikipedia

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    As a consonant in words such as ބޯށި - bōṣi (banana inflorescence), ނާށި - nāṣi (coconut shells), ދޮށި - doṣi (fishing rod) and ނެށުން - neṣuṅ (to dance) . Accompanying the diacritic sukun (ށް). It can be at the final position of a word where the end is abrupt and the value [ʔ].