Re: Cein

On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 07:26:30PM +0200, daniel andreasson wrote:
> Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo wrote:
>
> > >  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>)
>
> Ooh. That's interesting. I like the dental /n/ better,
> so my original plan was to have dental /n/ everywhere,
> but having alveolar /n/ for <nn> and dental for <n>
> is really cool. It wouldn't be phonemic, but still a
> neat feature.
I think in Irish and (Scottish) Gaelic <nn> is dental, <n> alveolar, just to
clarify. But do what you like :)

--
Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo

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