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Re: Cein

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Monday, June 4, 2001, 19:36
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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