Context: 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").

Question: How is Catalan different from other Romance languages?
Answer: many monosyllabic words

Question: What other type of endings do Catalan words have?
Answer: consonant clusters

Question: What kind of final devoicing does the language have?
Answer: obstruent

Question: What do many words feature?
Answer: couplets