In contrast with other Romance languages, Catalan has many monosyllabic words; and those ending in a wide variety of consonants and some consonant clusters. Also, Catalan has final obstruent devoicing, thus featuring many couplets like amic "(male friend") vs. amiga ("female friend"). COUNT 4
QSN1 How is Catalan different from other Romance languages? ANS1 many monosyllabic words QSN2 What other type of endings do Catalan words have? ANS2 consonant clusters QSN3 What kind of final devoicing does the language have? ANS3 obstruent QSN4 What do many words feature? ANS4 couplets