Re: Cein
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 3, 2001, 5:33 |
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On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 07:38:28PM +0000, kam@CARROT.CLARA.NET wrote:
> Did I read that you were thinking about using the Irish version of
> lenition /t/ >> /T/; /d/ >> /D/ etc in some environments, was that
> Cein or am I getting my threads crossed?
>
> I just thought that you might avoid some of the problems with palatal
> /nh/ and suchlike by using the Irish version of the nasal mutation,
> sometimes called "eclipses". This is how it goes :
> /mb/ >> /mm/
> /mp/ >> /bb/ >> /b/
>
> /nd/ >> /nn/
> /nt/ >> /dd/ >> /d/
Didn't /nn/ then differentiate itself from /n/ by being dental instead of
alveolar? Or is that just a modern orthographic distinction? (i.e. Irish and
Gaelic <nn> vs. <n>)
>
> /Ng/ >> /NN/
> /Nk/ >> /gg/ >> /g/
--
Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
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