Re: mutation and rinya

R G Roberts wrote:

> Pardon me for butting in on this Mutation topic.
You are supposed to but in. Thanks.

> You may be interested to know that the basic scheme of mutation=20
> I am using for for Kelteag Nueadh - and which reflects the Celtic in=20
> general I believe - is as follows:-
These were a bit hard to follow when they weren't phonemic, so just to =
make
sure I got it right...

> SOFT   P,T,C > B,D,G > BH(V), DH, GH(SILENT)
/v/ or /V/, /D/ and /Q/, right? I.e. GH/Q is a voiced velar fric?

> SPIRANT (ALSO KNOWN AS ASPIRATE)   P,T,C > PH, TH, CH (AS IN LOCH)
Are ph, th and ch aspirated stops or frics (/f/, /T/ and /x/)?
I guess frics, because {ch} gots to be /x/.

> NASAL P,T,C > MH, NH, NGH
Are mh, nh and ngh voiceless nasals? That's pretty cool!

>                B,D,G > M, N, NG
> DENTAL     T > D > N
> ???            B or M > V (represented by BH or MH)
>=20
> LENITION (OR LEANENING OR NARROWING) is the effect upon=20
> initial consonants by the LEAN vowels (e, i, y) as opposed to the =
BROAD=20
> vowels (a, o, u, w).
Could you give me some examples of lenition, please?
And is there something called broadening as well?

Daniel