31. Aspirated consonants are preaspirated in medial and word-final contexts, devoicing preceding consonants and vowels. 32. Nasalization is not strong, but it is audible even in final vowels, which are devoiced . 33. However in the Eastern Ukraine one is likely to hear the Russified ( with final devoicing ). 34. Obstruents are devoiced in two environments : in syllable-final position and following a voiceless obsturent. 35. :: : I guess this question has to do with final obstruent devoicing and English orthography. 36. The stops are distinguished from by means of voicing, as are actually devoiced in most contexts. 37. This devoiced nature is recognised in the spelling of as, although is orthographically for historical reasons. 38. In casual speech, unstressed and in the vicinity of voiceless consonants may become devoiced or even elided. 39. The section " English " in the article Final-obstruent devoicing clarified something I have always wondered. 40. Geminate / bw / is devoiced . in addition, Carolinian has geminate but not single / kk /.
