Re: Q- and P- Celtic
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 6:43 |
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On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 03:48 PM, Mangiat wrote:
> Hi guys!
[snip]
> branches handle PIE *kw, just to explain why they are called Q- and
> P-Celtic, and I've chosen Latin _quattuor_ vs. Sc.Gaelic _ceithir_ (or _a'
> ceithir_?) vs. Welsh _pedwar_. So far so good. But how are these last two
> words actually pronounced? I suppose something like [kheir;] and
> ['pedwar]... can anybody suggest me an IPA trascription?
Welsh _pedwar_
X-SAMPA: phonetically ['p_hEdwar]
IPA: phonetically ['pʰɛdwar]
in both transcriptions, phonemically it is /'pedwar/ as spelled :)
Ray
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