21. Note that in the following the word-final capital letter represents a devoiced vowel: 22. Liquids other than tend toward final devoicing . 23. These suffices undergo devoicing in certain circumstances. 24. It's really just phonetic vowel-devoicing at the end of an utterance. 25. Devoiced short vowels are often deleted.26. Japanese speakers are usually not even aware of the difference of the voiced and devoiced pair. 27. Nasals and are allophonically devoiced or partially devoiced in final position or next to voiceless consonants. 28. Nasals and are allophonically devoiced or partially devoiced in final position or next to voiceless consonants. 29. The correct term would be devoiced . 30. This phenomenon, common to other languages ( including Russian ), is called final devoicing .
