Re: mutation and rinya

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Well, here's an example from Irish (phonemic, not orthographic):
>=20
> Normal  Lenition  Eclipsed
> p       f         b
> t       h         d
> k       x         g
> b       v         m
> d       G         n
> g       G         N
> f       [silent]  v
> m       v
> s       h
>=20
> But, I don't know what the origins were of these mutations.
So lenition is the first stage, stop > fricative? What's 'eclipsed'?
Where did the approximants go? And how does f > b?
Is it that p > f *or* p > b? I'm not sure I understand your table.

> Hmm, I see your conlang taking a decidedly Nordic direction.  :-)
Since 1/4 of the term is a course in Old Icelandic, itur mightur very =
wellur
beur thatur wayur... :)

Daniel