Re: names in conlangs

--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:

> Quoting Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>:
>
> > Yes, the rest of the name is placed inthe genitive
> > case. An example is:
> >
> > Donnchadh mac Fearchair
> >
> > "Donncahdh son of Fearchar"
> >
> > or
> >  Fearchar mac Domhnaill
> >
> > "Fearchar son of Domhnall"
>
> Hm. In writing, at least, those look suspiciously
> much like the Meghean genitive
> marker, which consists of a -i- infix in the
> stressed syllable. How's the above
> pronounced? The Meghean makes [i e a o u]->[ej ej aj
> oj uj].
>
> Meghean orthography is, of course, partly inspired
> by Gaelic, but the similarity
> in genitive formations is accidental.
>
>
> Andreas
>
The _i_ is a mark of palatalization on the following
consonant:

  Donnchadh mac Fearchair  /donxa mak fjarxarj/
  Fearchar  mac Domhnaill  /fjarxar mak do~nalj/

 (note that that's VERY approximate, don't quote me on
the pronunciation of the final <-dh> and the
pronunciation of the double <n> or <l>. Also, <j> is
meant to show palatalization and probably should be
written differently in sampa, maybe r_j, f_j, l_j.

-elliott

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