Re: Gaelic names (was: names in conlangs)

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Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Thomas Leigh <thomas@...>:
>
>> Sgrìobh Elliott Lash:
>>> The _i_ is a mark of palatalization on the following
>>> consonant:
>>>
>>> Donnchadh mac Fearchair  /donxa mak fjarxarj/
>>> Fearchar  mac Domhnaill  /fjarxar mak do~nalj/
>>>
>>>  (note that that's VERY approximate, don't quote me on
>>> the pronunciation of the final <-dh> and the
>>> pronunciation of the double <n> or <l>. Also, <j> is
>>> meant to show palatalization and probably should be
>>> written differently in sampa, maybe r_j, f_j, l_j.
>> You've missed the lenition; masculine names are both lenited and
>> slenderized in the genitive:
>>
>> Donnchadh MacFhearchair ["d_tOn_t@x@G ma~x"k_hE4@x@D] "Duncan
>> Farquharson", lit. "Donald son of Farquhar"
>
> 'Fh' is silent?
'f' disappears when lenited, hence the origin of the use of the punctus
delens to indicate it.

K.

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