# Silent letters

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/silent-letters/35225>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/silent-letters/35225 "2019-02-18T17:47:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![YukiPhoenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yukiphoenix/32/458505_2.png) [@YukiPhoenix](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YukiPhoenix)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/silent-letters/35225/3 "2019-02-18T18:03:01Z")

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There’s a thread specifically for questions like this so you don’t have to make a hundred different individual threads.

> [@The quick or short Language Questions Thread (not grammar)](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-quick-or-short-language-questions-thread-not-grammar/27773):
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> Ask your small questions here which are to small for a separate Thread. For grammar related Questions:

Also, is your question about devoicing?

> **[Japanese phonology | Devoicing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_phonology#Devoicing)**
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> In many dialects, the close vowels /i/ and /u/ become voiceless when placed between two voiceless consonants or, unless accented, between a voiceless consonant and a pausa.

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