# final-obstruent devoicing

> phonological process where voiced obstruents become voiceless before voiceless consonants or in pausa; occurs in Catalan, German, Dutch, Breton, Russian, Turkish, Wolof, etc.; e.g.: German Bad [baːt] > Bäder [ˈbɛːdɐ]; Turkish çicek > çiçeği

**Wikidata**: [Q779384](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779384)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final-obstruent_devoicing)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/final-obstruent-devoicing


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013