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Noun

auslaut ‎(plural auslauts)

1. (linguistics) The last sound of a word (word-final position) or syllable (syllable-final position).
   • 1928, J. P. Harrington, Vocabulary of the Kiowa Language:

     Examples also occur of the elision of the second element of the diphthong iH in word auslaut before ’H […]

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• anlaut
• inlaut