Re: Cein
| From: | daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 5, 2001, 16:16 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
> I think in Irish and (Scottish) Gaelic <nn> is dental, <n>
> alveolar, just to clarify. But do what you like :)
Do'h! Hehe. Silly me, I should have read your message
even more carefully. Since I like dental better than
alveolar, I think I'll let this (reversed) rule of mine
apply only for final /n/ and /nn/, since a quick glance
tells me that /n/ wins big time against /nn/ in final
position.
Presumably /d/ in Quenya was alveolar, making nd >> nn
alveolar too. /n/ OTOH was dental. In Cein, however, /d/
is dental. /nn/ in words like _annon_ being dental is
due to analogy.
Thus: Final /nn/ is alveolar, and all other /n/ and /nn/
are dental.
And yes, Keith, I've read your post, but introducing
things like /aun/ and stuff seems to complicate things
a bit too much. :)
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