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Some of the sounds generated by lenition are often subsequently "normalized" into related but cross-linguistically more common sounds. An example would be the changes → → and → → . Such normalizations correspond to diagonal movements down and to the right in the above table. In other cases,
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Although nasalization as a feature also occurs in most Scottish Gaelic dialects, it is not shown in the orthography on the whole, as it is synchronic (the result of certain types of nasals affecting a following sound), rather than the diachronic Irish type sonorization (after historic nasals). For
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A similar development occurred in the Celtic languages, where non-geminate intervocalic consonants were converted into their corresponding weaker counterparts through lenition (usually stops into fricatives but also laterals and trills into weaker laterals and taps), and voiceless stops became
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Fortition is the opposite of lenition: a consonant mutation in which a consonant changes from one considered weak to one considered strong. Fortition is less frequent than lenition in the languages of the world, but word-initial and word-final fortition is fairly frequent.
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The tables below show common sound changes involved in lenition. In some cases, lenition may skip one of the sound changes. The change voiceless stop > fricative is more common than the series of changes voiceless stop > affricate > fricative.
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in which the rule of intervocalic lenition applying to the voiced series /b d g/ extends across word boundaries. Since it is a fully active synchronic rule, lenition is not normally indicated in the standard orthographies.
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In a position where lenition is expected due to the grammatical environment, lenition tends to be blocked if there are two adjacent homorganic consonants across the word boundary. For example:
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of the consonant to the surrounding vowels, in which features of the consonant that are not present in the surrounding vowels (e.g. obstruction, voicelessness) are gradually eliminated.
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In the opening type of lenition, the articulation becomes more open with each step. Opening lenition involves several sound changes: shortening of double consonants,
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Some languages which have lenition have in addition complex rules affecting situations where lenition might be expected to occur but does not, often those involving
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There is a significant number of frozen forms involving the other two groups (labials and velars) and environments as well, especially in surnames and place names:
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is a subtype of the sonorization type of lenition. It has two possible results: a velar approximant or back vowel, or a palatal approximant or front vowel. In
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Sometimes a particular example of lenition mixes the opening and sonorization pathways. For example, may spirantize or open to , then voice or sonorize to .
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in the case of dentals but not the other two groups for the vast majority of speakers. It also does not affect all environments any more. For example, while
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Though rare, in some instances the rules of blocked lenition can be invoked by lost historical consonants, for example, in the case of the past-tense
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If a language has no obstruents other than voiceless stops, other sounds are encountered, as in Finnish, where the lenited grade is represented by
2138:("the woman"). The following examples show the development of a phrase consisting of a definite article plus a masculine noun (taking the ending 890:, a sound change that makes a consonant "stronger", is less common, but Breton and Cornish have "hard mutation" forms which represent fortition. 1808: 2276:
is unusual among forms of lenition, but it is triggered by the same environment as more prototypical lenition. (It may also leave a residue of
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are pronounced . The Italian of Central and Southern Italy has a number of lenitions, the most widespread of which is the deaffrication of
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The sonorization type involves voicing. Sonorizing lenition involves several sound changes: voicing, approximation, and vocalization.
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Sonorizing lenition occurs especially often intervocalically (between vowels). In this position, lenition can be seen as a type of
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had a final -t. In terms of blocked lenition, it continues to behave as a dental-final particle invoking blocked lenition rules:
496: 4350: 4299: 4223: 841:. This was historically due to intervocalic lenition, but in the plural, lenition does not happen, so "the cats" is 2108:, the phenomenon of intervocalic lenition historically extended across word boundaries. This explains the rise of 3352:
still invokes the rules of blocked lenition, a noun followed by an adjective generally no longer does so. Hence:
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voiceless stops first changed into their voiced counterparts , and later into the approximants or fricatives :
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Italian, for example, presents numerous regular examples of word-initial fortition both historically (Lat.
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Although actually a much more profound change encompassing syllable restructuring, simplification of
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is thus caused by the syntax of the phrase, not by the modern phonological position of the consonant
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likewise is realized between vowels, and in typical speech of Central Tuscany, the voiceless stops
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In Brythonic languages, only fossilized vestiges of lenition blocking occur, for example in Welsh
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In the modern Celtic languages, lenition of the "fricating" type is usually denoted by adding an
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sounds are lenited and normalized at the same time; examples would be direct changes → or → .
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orthographic b d g are retained as following nasals rather than their normal lenited forms .
210: 3244: 3122: 903: 593: 482: 3602:'Friday night'). Within Celtic, blocked lenition phenomena also occur in Irish (for example 4152: 3535: 2150:. The historic development of lenition in those two cases can be reconstructed as follows: 1885:. The Latin words preserved the original stops, which became fricatives in old Germanic by 1780:'wine' is pronounced after pause, but with intervocalically, as in 'of wine'; likewise, 864: 830: 393: 193: 3972:, thus the dialects have a synchronic lenition of an alveolar stop into an alveolar trill 3889:, where geminates become simple consonants while retaining voicing or voicelessness (e.g. 917:
indicates that one sound changes to another. The notation > means that changes to .
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Lenition in Celtic and in Insular Spanish: The Secondary Voicing of Stops in Gran Canaria
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from less sonorous to more sonorous, or on a strength hierarchy from stronger to weaker.
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the affected consonant, and in the Roman script, the convention is to suffix the letter
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involving opening, or loss of occlusion, rather than voicing is found for post-vocalic
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as a feminine noun today would normally cause lenition on a following adjective) vs
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is subject to fortition in numerous Romance languages, ranging from or in many
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as a feminine noun normally causes lenition of a following modifier, for example
3259: 2261: 2117: 1960: 1938:'cup' is often viewed as a type of lenition (compare geminate-preserving Italian 1894: 1813: 1524: 1505: 1231: 964: 662: 598: 98: 4316: 3913:). It is also possible for entire consonant clusters to undergo lenition, as in 2087:'the house' intervocalically. Word-internally, the normal realization is also : 4185: 4157: 3941: 3914: 3844:"our head" (sonorization is traditionally called "eclipsis" in Irish grammar). 3797:; lenition of other letters was not indicated consistently in the orthography. 2050: 1886: 1498: 983: 976: 932: 793: 691:"we are" is pronounced . An example of diachronic lenition can be found in the 240: 140: 93: 88: 4417: 4181: 3952:, though these have been lost in favour of similar-sounding phonemes. In the 3544: 2265: 2236:
Synchronic lenition in Scottish Gaelic affects almost all consonants (except
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and ultimately debuccalisation in most Irish and some Scottish dialects to
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Blas Na Gāidhlig: The Practical Guide to Scottish Gaelic Pronunciation
4040: 3736: 3530:"a black knife" (i.e., a common knife which just happens to be black) 1825: 1765: 1517: 887: 785: 589: 556: 438: 358: 332: 265: 175: 109: 4132: 3933: 3882: 3129: 3114: 1744:. One stage in these changes goes beyond phonetic to have become a 1611: 682: 630: 523: 413: 408: 378: 130: 4172: 3800:
Voicing lenition is represented by a simple letter switch in the
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in adjacent vowels.) The orthography shows that by inserting an
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An example of synchronic lenition is found in most varieties of
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languages, grammatical lenition also triggers the reduction of
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Catalan is among numerous Romance languages with diachronic
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In some languages, lenition has been grammaticalized into a
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as in the passage from Latin to Spanish such as cuppa >
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in modern Celtic languages through the loss of endings. A
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in Italian, with no change in the phonological status of
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in the same position are pronounced respectively , as in
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group in spite of the non-dental nature of the palatals)
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to the consonant, to signify that it is lenited. Thus,
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in consonant clusters with a lateral consonant (Lat.
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a voiceless consonant, causing a consonant to relax
522:. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see 1684:lenition is found, for example, in the change from 3711:as a result of the so-called "aspirate mutation" ( 2199: 2157: 2144:) compared with a feminine noun taking the ending 4341:Roibeard O. Maolalaigh; Iain MacAonghuis (1997). 2711: 1788:voiced. For example, Indo-European intervocalic * 927:Lenition includes the loss of a feature, such as 4415: 3773:was indicated by the dot above, and lenition of 3105: 760: 536:IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters 3917:, where voiceless clusters become voiced, e.g. 2030: 2024: 2008: 2002: 1986: 1980: 1855:is evidenced by Latin-English cognates such as 780:, which means it is no longer triggered by its 3675:to the lenited letter. In Welsh, for example, 726: 563:itself means "softening" or "weakening" (from 4107: 4091: 4060: 4026: 4020: 4014: 4008: 4002: 3996: 3908: 3902: 3896: 3890: 2091: 2082: 2076: 2070: 1739: 1727: 1715: 1703: 1643: 1637: 1631: 748: 686: 559:, making them “weaker” in some way. The word 490: 4031:is the same stem under consonant gradation. 3731:, fricating lenition (usually called simply 3381:"girl" (a feminine noun causing lenition) → 3342:In modern Scottish Gaelic this rule is only 1922: 1916: 1910: 902:, sometimes accompanied by small changes in 754: 4184:– a specific form of lenition found in the 4101: 4081: 4050: 3924: 3918: 3855: 3849: 3839: 3833: 3827: 3821: 3811: 3805: 3718: 3712: 3706: 3700: 3694: 3688: 3682: 3676: 3613: 3603: 3597: 3591: 3585: 3575: 3361:"hat" (a feminine noun causing lenition) → 1868: 1862: 1856: 1733: 1721: 1709: 1697: 1008:> ; > (debuccalization, example in 870: 848: 842: 836: 814: 797: 704: 567: 3752: 3746: 3740: 3637: 3627: 497: 483: 4389:An Introduction to Historical Linguistics 4258:Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, Oslo 4250: 4248: 3874:The phenomenon of consonant gradation in 2120:example would be the lack of lenition in 1851:An example of historical lenition in the 4269:The Phonemic Analysis of Scottish Gaelic 584:). Lenition can involve such changes as 4394: 4391:. 3rd edition. Oxford University Press. 4213: 4096:. Fortition also occurs in Catalan for 1893:led to a second series of lenitions in 1652:, is normally pronounced . In Tuscany, 784:environment but is now governed by its 14: 4416: 4314: 4285: 4283: 4281: 4279: 4277: 4245: 3863: 2081:'in (the) house' post-consonant, but 2075:'house' in a post-pause realization, 1001:or > (spirantization, example in 4381: 4322:. Boston College University Libraries 4289: 3158:are the weak counterparts of palatal 2268:. The spirantization of Gaelic nasal 1840:, shift in Central Southern Irish to 1458: 1427: 731:(the latter weakened synchronically 526:. For the distinction between , 4274: 4240:Einführung in die Sardische Sprache 4216:Sengoídelc: Old Irish for Beginners 4065:, with ) and synchronically (e.g., 3312:'on the' (which causes lenition) → 3238: 956: 645:is pronounced as the more sonorous 24: 4123:to in some varieties of Spanish. 3584:'good night' lenition is blocked ( 2823: 975:or > (shortening, example in 572:'weak'). Lenition can happen both 25: 4445: 2299: 1237:> (approximation, example in 602:, which turns a consonant into a 4399:. Oxford University Press, USA. 4367:"Yleiskielen d:n murrevastineet" 3976:. Furthermore, the same phoneme 3282:'one' (which causes lenition) → 1630:to between vowels: post-pausal 982:> (affrication, for example 3791:was indicated by the postposed 1807: 1493: 1221: 518:International Phonetic Alphabet 79:Consonant voicing and devoicing 4359: 4334: 4308: 4261: 4232: 4207: 4175:– a similar phenomenon in the 3723:"her stone"). An exception is 3656: 3251:d n t l s (usually called the 2712:Loss of secondary articulation 2099: 2043:series of synchronic lenitions 1512:-vocalization of the sequence 922:sound change of palatalization 13: 1: 4242:, Romanistischer Verlag, Bonn 4218:. Syracuse University Press. 4195: 3150:sounds). In Scottish Gaelic, 3106:Reduction of place markedness 1959:, with the sole exception of 1950: 1945: 1889:. A few centuries later, the 1676: 924:sometimes involves lenition. 898:Lenition involves changes in 792:environment. For example, in 4271:Helmut Buske Verkag, Hamburg 4200: 4121:speech types on Italian soil 4034: 3878:is also a form of lenition. 3265:b f m p (usually called the 2260:involves the reduction of a 2129:("the man") and lenition in 802:"cat" begins with the sound 773:has disappeared completely. 7: 4345:. Hunter Pub Incorporated. 4343:Scottish Gaelic in 3 Months 4163:High German consonant shift 4126: 3816:, "the stone" in Welsh. In 3646:'the first man') however. 1891:High German consonant shift 1230:> (voicing, example in 10: 4450: 4038: 3867: 3660: 3560:"bad was the food" versus 3332:"on the brown house" (not 3032: 1819: 1798: 1790: 1746:phonological restructuring 1671: 1636:'dinner' but post-vocalic 946: 886:The opposite of lenition, 582:language changes over time 3761:manuscripts, lenition of 3112: 3103: 3030: 2821: 2709: 2297: 1556: 1477: 1465: 1455: 1453: 1450: 1448: 1429: 1408: 1394: 1391: 1389: 1359: 1357: 1355: 1352: 1347: 1333: 1326: 1323: 1321: 1310: 1304: 1277: 1269: 1156: 1153: 1148: 1128: 1125: 1123: 1105: 1102: 1097: 1019:, , , , > ∅ (elision) 4315:Conroy, Kevin M (2008). 3622:'the first person') and 3258:c g (usually called the 1648:, although structurally 1594:Lenition can be seen in 1586: 1305:spirantization, trilling 1272:(fricative, trill, etc.) 963:of stops or affricates, 893: 835:: "the cat" in Welsh is 429:Compensatory lengthening 201:Compensatory lengthening 4395:Oftedal, Magne (1985). 4387:Crowley, Terry (1997). 4290:Bauer, Michael (2011). 4214:Stifter, David (2006). 4025:is its nominative, and 3925: 3919: 3793: 3787: 3781: 3775: 3769: 3763: 3667:Irish initial mutations 2223: 2217: 2211: 2201: 2184: 2175: 2169: 2159: 2061:, for example, has the 1828: 1642:'the dinner'; the name 995: 727: 514:phonetic transcriptions 54:Quantitative metathesis 4256:The Gaelic of Leurbost 4238:Mensching, G. (1992). 4168:Historical linguistics 4108: 4102: 4092: 4082: 4061: 4051: 4027: 4021: 4015: 4009: 4003: 3997: 3954:Southern Ostrobothnian 3909: 3903: 3897: 3891: 3885:consonants comes from 3856: 3850: 3840: 3834: 3828: 3822: 3812: 3806: 3753: 3747: 3741: 3719: 3713: 3707: 3701: 3695: 3689: 3683: 3677: 3638: 3628: 3614: 3604: 3598: 3592: 3586: 3576: 3562: 3552: 3539: 3526: 3520: 3514: 3508: 3494: 3486: 3480: 3470: 3464: 3458: 3448: 3440: 3434: 3424: 3418: 3412: 3402: 3389: 3383: 3377: 3369: 3363: 3357: 3348: 3334: 3320: 3314: 3308: 3300: 3290: 3284: 3278: 3225: 3216: 3192: 3183: 3146: 3140: 3134: 3092: 3083: 3058: 3049: 3019: 3010: 2985: 2976: 2952: 2943: 2919: 2910: 2885: 2876: 2852: 2843: 2806: 2797: 2773: 2764: 2740: 2731: 2698: 2689: 2664: 2655: 2631: 2622: 2597: 2588: 2564: 2555: 2531: 2522: 2498: 2489: 2465: 2456: 2432: 2423: 2399: 2390: 2366: 2357: 2328: 2319: 2288: 2282: 2250:secondary articulation 2229: 2190: 2146: 2140: 2131: 2122: 2092: 2083: 2077: 2071: 2031: 2025: 2009: 2003: 1987: 1981: 1963:, offer an example of 1923: 1917: 1911: 1869: 1863: 1857: 1740: 1734: 1728: 1722: 1716: 1710: 1704: 1698: 1644: 1638: 1632: 987: 900:manner of articulation 871: 849: 843: 837: 815: 798: 761: 755: 749: 705: 687: 685:, so that a word like 568: 511:This article contains 27:Consonant sound change 4429:Linguistic morphology 4069:"house, home" → but 3964:dialects of Finnish, 3335:air an *thaigh *dhonn 3245:homorganic consonants 3123:place of articulation 3079:(before a back vowel) 3006:(before a back vowel) 2906:(before a back vowel) 2685:(before a back vowel) 2618:(before a back vowel) 1803:"people" resulted in 1050:placeless approximant 939:is lost: or > . 937:ejective articulation 913:In examples below, a 904:place of articulation 596:(a phenomenon called 594:place of articulation 4153:Germanic spirant law 4078:word-final devoicing 3968:mostly changed into 3735:) is indicated by a 3518:'1 black 2 hidden'; 3387:"a smart girl" (not 3318:'on the big leg' vs 2248:involve the loss of 1772:: illustrating with 1244:> (vocalization) 747:), while in Catalan 657:. Some varieties of 653:in the related form 194:Transphonologization 4254:Oftedal, M. (1956) 3870:Consonant gradation 3864:Consonant gradation 3802:Brythonic languages 3649:Outside Celtic, in 3570:'great was the pity 3099:"very inquisitive" 2221:→ Classical Gaelic 2114:consonant mutations 1932:geminate consonants 1540:lateral approximant 1003:Gilbertese language 74:Consonant gradation 4382:General references 4267:Ternes, E. (1989) 4148:Consonant mutation 2209:IPA: → Old Irish 2167:IPA: → Old Irish 1853:Germanic languages 1610:soften to a tap ( 1534:in Modern French. 908:sonority hierarchy 778:consonant mutation 459:Consonant mutation 434:Monophthongization 316:Consonant mutation 4352:978-0-85285-234-7 4301:978-1-907165-00-9 4225:978-0-8156-3072-2 4177:Japanese language 3991:before the vowel 3818:Irish orthography 3751:is equivalent to 3298:'one house' (not 3236: 3235: 2638:"very deceitful" 2039: 2038: 1955:All varieties of 1584: 1583: 1487: 1486: 1219: 1218: 915:greater-than sign 693:Romance languages 629:, in the form of 604:glottal consonant 507: 506: 454:Shm-reduplication 444:Rhinoglottophilia 280:Consonant harmony 181:Cluster reduction 16:(Redirected from 4441: 4434:Celtic languages 4410: 4375: 4374: 4369:. Archived from 4363: 4357: 4356: 4338: 4332: 4331: 4329: 4327: 4321: 4312: 4306: 4305: 4287: 4272: 4265: 4259: 4252: 4243: 4236: 4230: 4229: 4211: 4118: 4111: 4105: 4099: 4095: 4089: 4085: 4072: 4068: 4064: 4058: 4054: 4030: 4024: 4018: 4012: 4006: 4000: 3994: 3990: 3986: 3979: 3975: 3971: 3967: 3951: 3928: 3922: 3912: 3906: 3900: 3894: 3881:An example with 3876:Finnic languages 3859: 3853: 3843: 3837: 3831: 3825: 3815: 3809: 3796: 3790: 3784: 3778: 3772: 3766: 3756: 3750: 3744: 3725:Manx orthography 3722: 3716: 3710: 3704: 3698: 3692: 3686: 3680: 3663:Welsh morphology 3645: 3635: 3621: 3611: 3601: 3596:'Friday' yields 3595: 3589: 3583: 3569: 3559: 3542: 3529: 3523: 3517: 3511: 3501: 3489: 3483: 3477: 3467: 3461: 3455: 3443: 3437: 3431: 3421: 3415: 3409: 3392: 3386: 3380: 3372: 3366: 3360: 3351: 3337: 3331: 3317: 3315:air a' chas mhòr 3311: 3303: 3297: 3287: 3281: 3239:Blocked lenition 3231: 3228: 3222: 3219: 3212: 3206: 3198: 3195: 3189: 3186: 3179: 3173: 3165: 3161: 3157: 3153: 3149: 3143: 3137: 3098: 3095: 3090:"inquisitive" → 3089: 3086: 3078: 3072: 3064: 3061: 3055: 3052: 3042: 3025: 3022: 3016: 3013: 3005: 2999: 2991: 2988: 2982: 2979: 2972: 2966: 2958: 2955: 2949: 2946: 2939: 2933: 2925: 2924:/kleːhjɔːl̪ˠt̪ə/ 2922: 2916: 2913: 2905: 2899: 2892:"very constant" 2891: 2888: 2882: 2879: 2872: 2866: 2858: 2855: 2849: 2846: 2839: 2833: 2813:"very weak" (in 2812: 2809: 2803: 2800: 2793: 2787: 2779: 2776: 2770: 2767: 2760: 2754: 2746: 2743: 2737: 2734: 2727: 2721: 2704: 2703:/kleːfjal̪ˠakəx/ 2701: 2695: 2692: 2684: 2678: 2670: 2667: 2661: 2658: 2651: 2645: 2637: 2636:/kleːvjaul̪ˠt̪ə/ 2634: 2628: 2625: 2617: 2611: 2603: 2600: 2594: 2591: 2584: 2578: 2570: 2567: 2561: 2558: 2551: 2545: 2537: 2534: 2528: 2525: 2518: 2512: 2504: 2501: 2495: 2492: 2485: 2479: 2471: 2468: 2462: 2459: 2452: 2446: 2438: 2435: 2429: 2426: 2419: 2413: 2405: 2402: 2396: 2393: 2386: 2380: 2372: 2369: 2363: 2360: 2348: 2342: 2334: 2331: 2325: 2322: 2315: 2309: 2295: 2294: 2291: 2285: 2275: 2271: 2259: 2255: 2247: 2243: 2239: 2232: 2227:→ Modern Gaelic 2226: 2220: 2214: 2208: 2193: 2188:→ Modern Gaelic 2187: 2181:Classical Gaelic 2178: 2172: 2166: 2149: 2143: 2137: 2134: 2128: 2125: 2106:Celtic languages 2095: 2090: 2086: 2080: 2074: 2068: 2064: 2057:. Stereotypical 2048: 2034: 2028: 2020: 2012: 2006: 1998: 1990: 1984: 1976: 1971: 1970: 1941: 1937: 1926: 1920: 1914: 1872: 1866: 1860: 1847: 1843: 1839: 1835: 1822: 1821: 1801: 1800: 1793: 1792: 1783: 1779: 1775: 1771: 1768:realizations of 1763: 1759: 1755: 1751: 1743: 1737: 1731: 1725: 1719: 1713: 1707: 1701: 1667: 1664:→ 'the house', 1663: 1659: 1655: 1651: 1647: 1641: 1635: 1629: 1622:plus the suffix 1609: 1605: 1600:American English 1537: 1536: 1533: 1522: 1516:resulted in the 1515: 1480: 1255: 1254: 1202: 1194: 1159: 1151: 1108: 1100: 1023: 1022: 929:deglottalization 882: 874: 868: 860: 853:. The change of 852: 846: 840: 834: 826: 818: 812:definite article 810:, but after the 809: 801: 772: 764: 758: 752: 746: 738: 730: 720: 708: 702: 690: 681:at the end of a 680: 672: 652: 640: 627:American English 621: 613: 571: 533: 529: 499: 492: 485: 30: 29: 21: 4449: 4448: 4444: 4443: 4442: 4440: 4439: 4438: 4414: 4413: 4407: 4384: 4379: 4378: 4365: 4364: 4360: 4353: 4339: 4335: 4325: 4323: 4319: 4313: 4309: 4302: 4288: 4275: 4266: 4262: 4253: 4246: 4237: 4233: 4226: 4212: 4208: 4203: 4198: 4129: 4115:Word-medially, 4073:"at home" → ). 4043: 4037: 3872: 3866: 3804:, for instance 3669: 3659: 3241: 3108: 3093:glé fheòrachail 3035: 2826: 2824:Debuccalization 2747:"very natural" 2745:/kleːnaːt̪ərˠə/ 2714: 2699:glé pheallagach 2302: 2252:; in addition, 2215:→ Middle Irish 2173:→ Middle Irish 2118:Scottish Gaelic 2110:grammaticalised 2102: 2051:Tuscan dialects 1953: 1948: 1895:Old High German 1814:Primitive Irish 1692:, in which the 1679: 1674: 1589: 1568: 1562: 1527:, yielding the 1525:monophthongized 1496: 1298: 1271: 1224: 1087:debuccalization 1081:(deaffrication) 1080: 965:debuccalization 949: 896: 759:and Portuguese 663:debuccalization 641:of a word like 599:debuccalization 541: 540: 539: 503: 474: 473: 374: 366: 365: 364: 363: 335: 302: 285: 284: 261:Final devoicing 231: 221: 220: 196: 186: 185: 156: 146: 145: 121: 104: 103: 99:Debuccalization 69: 59: 58: 49: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 4447: 4437: 4436: 4431: 4426: 4412: 4411: 4405: 4392: 4383: 4380: 4377: 4376: 4373:on 2021-10-08. 4358: 4351: 4333: 4307: 4300: 4273: 4260: 4244: 4231: 4224: 4205: 4204: 4202: 4199: 4197: 4194: 4193: 4192: 4186:Tuscan dialect 4179: 4170: 4165: 4160: 4155: 4150: 4145: 4140: 4135: 4128: 4125: 4039:Main article: 4036: 4033: 3868:Main article: 3865: 3862: 3658: 3655: 3572: 3571: 3532: 3531: 3491: 3445: 3410:'Montgomery' ( 3395: 3394: 3374: 3340: 3339: 3305: 3271: 3270: 3263: 3256: 3240: 3237: 3234: 3233: 3213: 3207: 3201: 3200: 3199:"very cloudy" 3197:/kleːnial̪ˠəx/ 3180: 3174: 3168: 3167: 3113:In the modern 3110: 3109: 3107: 3104: 3101: 3100: 3097:/kleːjɔːɾəxal/ 3080: 3073: 3067: 3066: 3046: 3043: 3037: 3036: 3034: 3031: 3028: 3027: 3007: 3000: 2994: 2993: 2973: 2967: 2961: 2960: 2940: 2934: 2928: 2927: 2907: 2900: 2894: 2893: 2886:glé sheasmhach 2873: 2867: 2861: 2860: 2840: 2834: 2828: 2827: 2825: 2822: 2819: 2818: 2794: 2788: 2782: 2781: 2761: 2755: 2749: 2748: 2728: 2722: 2716: 2715: 2713: 2710: 2707: 2706: 2705:"very shaggy" 2686: 2679: 2673: 2672: 2652: 2646: 2640: 2639: 2629:"deceitful" → 2619: 2612: 2606: 2605: 2585: 2579: 2573: 2572: 2552: 2546: 2540: 2539: 2519: 2513: 2507: 2506: 2486: 2480: 2474: 2473: 2453: 2447: 2441: 2440: 2420: 2414: 2408: 2407: 2387: 2381: 2375: 2374: 2354: 2343: 2337: 2336: 2316: 2310: 2304: 2303: 2301: 2300:Spirantization 2298: 2286:(except after 2234: 2233: 2195: 2194: 2101: 2098: 2037: 2036: 2021: 2015: 2014: 1999: 1993: 1992: 1977: 1952: 1949: 1947: 1944: 1678: 1675: 1673: 1670: 1588: 1585: 1582: 1581: 1579: 1576: 1574: 1570: 1569: 1566: 1563: 1560: 1557: 1554: 1553: 1550: 1547: 1544: 1541: 1495: 1492: 1485: 1484: 1481: 1476: 1474: 1470: 1469: 1466: 1464: 1462: 1459: 1457: 1454: 1452: 1449: 1446: 1445: 1442: 1440: 1438: 1436: 1432: 1431: 1428: 1426: 1423: 1421: 1419: 1417: 1413: 1412: 1409: 1407: 1404: 1402: 1400: 1398: 1395: 1393: 1390: 1387: 1386: 1383: 1381: 1379: 1377: 1373: 1372: 1369: 1367: 1365: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1356: 1354: 1350: 1349: 1346: 1343: 1341: 1339: 1337: 1334: 1332: 1330: 1327: 1325: 1322: 1319: 1318: 1315: 1312: 1309: 1306: 1303: 1300: 1299:(sonorization) 1293: 1290: 1289:original sound 1286: 1285: 1282: 1279: 1276: 1273: 1268: 1265: 1262: 1259: 1246: 1245: 1242: 1235: 1223: 1220: 1217: 1216: 1213: 1211: 1208: 1206: 1203: 1198: 1195: 1189: 1188: 1185: 1183: 1180: 1178: 1174: 1173: 1170: 1168: 1165: 1163: 1160: 1155: 1152: 1146: 1145: 1142: 1140: 1137: 1135: 1131: 1130: 1127: 1124: 1122: 1119: 1117: 1114: 1112: 1109: 1104: 1101: 1095: 1094: 1091: 1088: 1085: 1082: 1079:spirantization 1077: 1074: 1071: 1068: 1065: 1062: 1061:original sound 1058: 1057: 1054: 1051: 1048: 1045: 1042: 1039: 1036: 1033: 1030: 1027: 1026:geminated stop 1021: 1020: 1017: 1006: 999: 980: 967:, and finally 957:spirantization 948: 945: 933:glottalization 895: 892: 592:, to lose its 578:diachronically 574:synchronically 534:⟩, see 510: 509: 508: 505: 504: 502: 501: 494: 487: 479: 476: 475: 472: 471: 466: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 401: 396: 391: 386: 381: 375: 372: 371: 368: 367: 362: 361: 356: 347: 342: 336: 331: 330: 329: 328: 323: 318: 313: 303: 298: 297: 294: 293: 287: 286: 283: 282: 277: 263: 258: 253: 248: 246:Palatalization 243: 241:Coarticulation 238: 232: 227: 226: 223: 222: 219: 218: 213: 208: 203: 197: 192: 191: 188: 187: 184: 183: 178: 173: 168: 163: 157: 152: 151: 148: 147: 144: 143: 141:Vowel breaking 138: 133: 128: 122: 117: 116: 113: 112: 106: 105: 102: 101: 96: 94:L-vocalization 91: 89:Spirantization 86: 81: 76: 70: 65: 64: 61: 60: 57: 56: 50: 45: 44: 41: 40: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4446: 4435: 4432: 4430: 4427: 4425: 4422: 4421: 4419: 4408: 4402: 4398: 4393: 4390: 4386: 4385: 4372: 4368: 4362: 4354: 4348: 4344: 4337: 4318: 4311: 4303: 4297: 4294:. Akerbeltz. 4293: 4286: 4284: 4282: 4280: 4278: 4270: 4264: 4257: 4251: 4249: 4241: 4235: 4227: 4221: 4217: 4210: 4206: 4191: 4187: 4183: 4182:Tuscan gorgia 4180: 4178: 4174: 4171: 4169: 4166: 4164: 4161: 4159: 4156: 4154: 4151: 4149: 4146: 4144: 4141: 4139: 4136: 4134: 4131: 4130: 4124: 4122: 4113: 4110: 4104: 4094: 4084: 4079: 4074: 4063: 4055:with initial 4053: 4047: 4042: 4032: 4029: 4023: 4019:is the stem, 4017: 4011: 4005: 3999: 3983: 3963: 3959: 3955: 3947: 3943: 3939: 3935: 3930: 3927: 3921: 3916: 3911: 3905: 3899: 3893: 3888: 3884: 3879: 3877: 3871: 3861: 3860:"the house". 3858: 3852: 3845: 3842: 3836: 3830: 3824: 3819: 3814: 3808: 3803: 3798: 3795: 3789: 3783: 3777: 3771: 3765: 3760: 3755: 3749: 3743: 3738: 3734: 3730: 3729:Gaelic script 3726: 3721: 3715: 3709: 3703: 3697: 3691: 3685: 3679: 3674: 3668: 3664: 3654: 3652: 3647: 3644: 3642: 3634: 3632: 3626:(for example 3625: 3620: 3618: 3610: 3608: 3600: 3594: 3588: 3582: 3580: 3568: 3566: 3558: 3556: 3550: 3549: 3548: 3546: 3545:Common Celtic 3541: 3537: 3528: 3522: 3516: 3510: 3505: 3500: 3498: 3492: 3488: 3482: 3476: 3474: 3466: 3460: 3454: 3452: 3446: 3442: 3436: 3430: 3428: 3420: 3414: 3408: 3406: 3400: 3399: 3398: 3391: 3390:caileag *glic 3385: 3384:caileag ghlic 3379: 3375: 3371: 3365: 3359: 3355: 3354: 3353: 3350: 3345: 3336: 3330: 3328: 3324: 3316: 3310: 3306: 3302: 3296: 3294: 3288:'one leg' vs 3286: 3280: 3276: 3275: 3274: 3268: 3264: 3261: 3257: 3254: 3250: 3249: 3248: 3246: 3227: 3218: 3214: 3208: 3203: 3202: 3194: 3185: 3181: 3175: 3170: 3169: 3148: 3142: 3136: 3131: 3128: 3124: 3120: 3116: 3111: 3102: 3094: 3085: 3081: 3074: 3069: 3068: 3065:"very faint" 3060: 3051: 3047: 3044: 3039: 3038: 3029: 3026:"very tight" 3024:/kleːhjaun̪ˠ/ 3021: 3012: 3008: 3001: 2996: 2995: 2987: 2978: 2974: 2968: 2963: 2962: 2954: 2945: 2941: 2935: 2930: 2929: 2921: 2912: 2908: 2901: 2896: 2895: 2890:/kleːhes̪vəx/ 2887: 2883:"constant" → 2878: 2874: 2868: 2863: 2862: 2859:"very happy" 2854: 2845: 2841: 2835: 2830: 2829: 2820: 2817:Gaelic only) 2816: 2808: 2799: 2795: 2789: 2784: 2783: 2780:"very stiff" 2775: 2766: 2762: 2756: 2751: 2750: 2742: 2736:/n̪ˠaːt̪ərˠə/ 2733: 2729: 2723: 2718: 2717: 2708: 2700: 2694:/pʰjal̪ˠakəx/ 2691: 2687: 2680: 2675: 2674: 2671:"very exact" 2666: 2657: 2653: 2647: 2642: 2641: 2633: 2624: 2620: 2613: 2608: 2607: 2599: 2590: 2586: 2580: 2575: 2574: 2571:"very sharp" 2566: 2557: 2553: 2547: 2542: 2541: 2538:"very rough" 2533: 2524: 2520: 2514: 2509: 2508: 2505:"very ready" 2500: 2491: 2487: 2481: 2476: 2475: 2472:"very black" 2467: 2458: 2454: 2448: 2443: 2442: 2439:"very quiet" 2434: 2425: 2421: 2415: 2410: 2409: 2406:"very steep" 2401: 2392: 2388: 2382: 2377: 2376: 2373:'very alive' 2368: 2359: 2355: 2352: 2344: 2339: 2338: 2330: 2321: 2317: 2311: 2306: 2305: 2296: 2293: 2290: 2284: 2279: 2267: 2263: 2251: 2231: 2225: 2219: 2213: 2207: 2205: 2198:Proto-Celtic 2197: 2196: 2192: 2186: 2182: 2177: 2171: 2165: 2163: 2156: 2153: 2152: 2151: 2148: 2142: 2133: 2124: 2119: 2115: 2111: 2107: 2097: 2094: 2085: 2079: 2073: 2060: 2056: 2055:Central Italy 2052: 2044: 2033: 2027: 2022: 2017: 2016: 2011: 2005: 2000: 1995: 1994: 1989: 1983: 1978: 1973: 1972: 1969: 1966: 1962: 1958: 1943: 1933: 1928: 1925: 1919: 1913: 1908: 1904: 1900: 1896: 1892: 1888: 1884: 1880: 1876: 1871: 1865: 1859: 1854: 1849: 1832: 1831: 1827: 1823: 1815: 1811: 1810: 1806: 1802: 1785: 1767: 1747: 1742: 1736: 1730: 1724: 1718: 1712: 1706: 1700: 1695: 1691: 1687: 1683: 1669: 1646: 1640: 1634: 1625: 1621: 1617: 1613: 1601: 1597: 1592: 1580: 1577: 1575: 1572: 1571: 1567: 1564: 1561: 1558: 1555: 1551: 1548: 1545: 1542: 1539: 1538: 1535: 1530: 1526: 1519: 1511: 1507: 1503: 1502:-vocalization 1501: 1491: 1482: 1475: 1472: 1471: 1467: 1463: 1460: 1447: 1443: 1441: 1439: 1437: 1434: 1433: 1424: 1422: 1420: 1418: 1415: 1414: 1410: 1405: 1403: 1401: 1399: 1396: 1388: 1384: 1382: 1380: 1378: 1375: 1374: 1370: 1368: 1366: 1364: 1361: 1351: 1344: 1342: 1340: 1338: 1335: 1331: 1328: 1320: 1316: 1313: 1311:approximation 1307: 1301: 1297: 1294: 1291: 1288: 1287: 1283: 1280: 1274: 1266: 1263: 1260: 1257: 1256: 1253: 1251: 1243: 1240: 1236: 1233: 1229: 1228: 1227: 1214: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1199: 1196: 1191: 1190: 1186: 1184: 1181: 1179: 1176: 1175: 1171: 1169: 1166: 1164: 1161: 1147: 1143: 1141: 1138: 1136: 1133: 1132: 1120: 1118: 1115: 1113: 1110: 1096: 1092: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1078: 1075: 1072: 1069: 1066: 1063: 1060: 1059: 1055: 1052: 1049: 1046: 1043: 1040: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1028: 1025: 1024: 1018: 1015: 1011: 1007: 1004: 1000: 997: 993: 989: 985: 981: 978: 974: 973: 972: 970: 966: 962: 958: 954: 944: 940: 938: 934: 930: 925: 923: 918: 916: 911: 909: 905: 901: 891: 889: 884: 880: 873: 866: 858: 851: 845: 839: 832: 824: 817: 813: 807: 800: 795: 791: 790:morphological 787: 783: 779: 774: 770: 763: 757: 751: 744: 736: 729: 724: 718: 713:) has become 712: 707: 700: 694: 689: 684: 678: 670: 664: 660: 656: 650: 644: 638: 632: 628: 623: 619: 611: 605: 601: 600: 595: 591: 587: 583: 579: 575: 570: 566: 562: 558: 554: 550: 546: 537: 525: 521: 519: 515: 500: 495: 493: 488: 486: 481: 480: 478: 477: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 449:Sulcalization 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 400: 397: 395: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 380: 377: 376: 370: 369: 360: 357: 355: 351: 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 337: 334: 327: 324: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 308: 305: 304: 301: 296: 295: 292: 291:Dissimilation 289: 288: 281: 278: 275: 271: 270:vowel harmony 267: 264: 262: 259: 257: 256:Labialization 254: 252: 249: 247: 244: 242: 239: 237: 234: 233: 230: 225: 224: 217: 216:Floating tone 214: 212: 209: 207: 204: 202: 199: 198: 195: 190: 189: 182: 179: 177: 174: 172: 169: 167: 164: 162: 159: 158: 155: 150: 149: 142: 139: 137: 134: 132: 129: 127: 124: 123: 120: 115: 114: 111: 108: 107: 100: 97: 95: 92: 90: 87: 85: 82: 80: 77: 75: 72: 71: 68: 63: 62: 55: 52: 51: 48: 43: 42: 39: 35: 32: 31: 19: 18:Soft mutation 4396: 4388: 4371:the original 4361: 4342: 4336: 4326:16 September 4324:. Retrieved 4310: 4291: 4268: 4263: 4255: 4239: 4234: 4215: 4209: 4114: 4075: 4048: 4044: 3995:, e.g. root 3982:assibilation 3962:southwestern 3938:approximants 3931: 3880: 3873: 3846: 3810:, "stone" → 3799: 3759:Middle Irish 3732: 3717:, "stone" → 3693:change into 3672: 3670: 3648: 3640: 3636:'one door', 3630: 3616: 3612:'one door', 3606: 3578: 3573: 3564: 3557:ona am biadh 3554: 3533: 3496: 3472: 3468:'mouth') vs 3462:'crooked' + 3456:'Campbell' ( 3450: 3432:'MacDonald ( 3426: 3404: 3396: 3341: 3326: 3322: 3292: 3272: 3242: 3232:"very lazy" 2959:"very thin" 2738:"natural" → 2669:/kleːfɔŋɡal/ 2665:glé phongail 2632:glé mheallta 2627:/mjaul̪ˠt̪ə/ 2604:"very bald" 2602:/kleːvɯːl̪ˠ/ 2499:glé dheiseil 2335:"very soft" 2278:nasalization 2235: 2203: 2161: 2155:Proto-Celtic 2103: 2040: 2035:"the ladle" 2013:"the house" 1954: 1929: 1906: 1902: 1898: 1882: 1878: 1874: 1850: 1816: 1805:Proto-Celtic 1795: 1786: 1694:intervocalic 1680: 1623: 1619: 1615: 1593: 1590: 1523:, which was 1509: 1499: 1497: 1494:Vocalization 1488: 1250:assimilation 1247: 1225: 1222:Sonorization 1067:degemination 961:assibilation 950: 941: 926: 919: 912: 897: 885: 782:phonological 775: 725:and Spanish 695:, where the 654: 642: 624: 597: 560: 555:that alters 553:sound change 548: 542: 530:and ⟨ 512: 326:Vowel hiatus 251:Velarization 229:Assimilation 206:Nasalization 84:Assibilation 66: 34:Sound change 4158:Grimm's Law 4143:Chain shift 3923:"to cry" → 3838:, "head" → 3832:"our pen", 3657:Orthography 3543:, which in 3527:sgian dhubh 3478:'Cameron' ( 3301:aon *thaigh 3230:/kleːleʃkʲ/ 3193:glé neulach 3190:"cloudy" → 3088:/fjɔːɾəxal/ 3063:/kleːaun̪ˠ/ 2992:"very ill" 2926:"very sly" 2920:glé sheòlta 2915:/ʃɔːl̪ˠt̪ə/ 2741:glé nàdarra 2696:"shaggy" → 2536:/kleːɣaɾav/ 2503:/kleːʝeʃal/ 2100:Grammatical 2096:'hole' → . 1887:Grimm's law 1668:→ 'hole'. 1650:/luˈt͡ʃano/ 1529:monophthong 1278:approximant 1264:voiced stop 1073:affrication 953:affrication 931:, in which 827:changes to 796:, the word 765:historical 709:("father", 545:linguistics 469:Chain shift 464:Vowel shift 384:Affrication 373:Other types 321:Tone sandhi 211:Tonogenesis 38:alternation 4418:Categories 4406:8200072827 4196:References 4138:Begadkefat 4001:"water" → 3980:undergoes 3854:"house" → 3826:, "pen" → 3754:a mháthair 3720:ei charreg 3661:See also: 3567:òr am beud 3512:'knife' + 3504:Sgian-dubh 3344:productive 3188:/ɲial̪ˠəx/ 3119:markedness 3084:feòrachail 3056:"faint" → 3020:glé theann 3017:"tight" → 3015:/tʰʲaun̪ˠ/ 2990:/kleːhiːɲ/ 2957:/kleːhanə/ 2857:/kleːhɔnə/ 2850:"happy" → 2811:/kleːlˠak/ 2771:"stiff" → 2690:peallagach 2662:"exact" → 2569:/kleːʝiaɾ/ 2562:"sharp" → 2532:glé gharbh 2529:"rough" → 2496:"ready" → 2463:"black" → 2437:/kleːçuːɲ/ 2433:glé chiùin 2430:"quiet" → 2404:/kleːxas̪/ 2397:"steep" → 2371:/kleːvjɔː/ 2364:'alive' → 2351:back vowel 2349:(before a 2059:Florentine 2029:"ladle" → 2007:"house" → 1991:"the cow" 1951:Allophonic 1946:Synchronic 1766:allophonic 1682:Diachronic 1677:Diachronic 1270:continuant 955:of stops, 711:accusative 557:consonants 389:Gemination 350:Synaeresis 119:Epenthesis 47:Metathesis 4424:Phonology 4201:Citations 4052:Januarius 4041:Fortition 4035:Fortition 3958:Tavastian 3934:chronemes 3841:ár gceann 3829:ár bpeann 3737:dot above 3599:nos Wener 3226:glé leisg 3223:"lazy" → 3130:sonorants 3059:glé fhann 2986:glé thinn 2953:glé thana 2950:"thin" → 2881:/ʃes̪vəx/ 2877:seasmhach 2853:glé shona 2804:"weak" → 2778:/kleːɾak/ 2660:/pʰɔŋɡal/ 2598:glé mhaol 2595:"bald" → 2565:glé gheur 2470:/kleːɣuh/ 2466:glé dhubh 2333:/kleːvok/ 2326:"soft" → 1957:Sardinian 1826:Old Irish 1756:(compare 1546:semivowel 1518:diphthong 1284:no sound 1056:no sound 1044:fricative 1038:affricate 992:Aromanian 888:fortition 786:syntactic 753:, French 703:of Latin 590:occlusion 439:Rhotacism 359:Synizesis 354:diaeresis 333:Synalepha 311:linking R 266:Metaphony 176:Haplology 161:Apheresis 136:Unpacking 126:Prothesis 110:Fortition 4133:Apophony 4127:See also 4088:*/ˈfɾɛd/ 4083:frigidus 4071:/aˈkaza/ 4013:. Here, 3944:or even 3883:geminate 3857:an taigh 3848:example 3813:y garreg 3748:a ṁáṫair 3733:lenition 3441:Dòmhnall 3429:òmhnaill 3419:Gumaraid 3364:ad dhonn 3285:aon chas 3115:Goidelic 3054:/faun̪ˠ/ 2983:"ill" → 2948:/t̪ʰanə/ 2917:"sly" → 2593:/mɯːl̪ˠ/ 2494:/tʲeʃal/ 2428:/kʰʲuːɲ/ 2400:glé chas 2367:glé bheò 2329:glé bhog 2230:a' bhean 2224:an bhean 2132:a’ bhean 2112:initial 2049:in many 1985:"cow" → 1940:/ˈkɔppa/ 1842:/t̪ʰuəx/ 1838:/t̪ʰuəh/ 1834:/t̪ʰuaθ/ 1799:teu̯teh₂ 1735:apotheca 1662:/lakasa/ 1612:flapping 1602:, where 1596:Canadian 1317:elision 1093:elision 850:y gathod 844:y cathod 683:syllable 561:lenition 549:lenition 528:/ / 524:Help:IPA 414:Iotacism 409:Betacism 399:Fronting 394:Clipping 379:Apophony 131:Paragoge 67:Lenition 4190:Italian 4173:Rendaku 4103:populus 4067:/ˈkaza/ 4062:gennaio 3974:/t/→/r/ 3904:dubbaan 3887:Finnish 3651:Spanish 3643:ooinney 3639:yn chie 3615:an chéa 3490:'nose') 3407:umaraid 3378:caileag 3370:ad donn 3221:/ʎeʃkʲ/ 3184:neulach 3127:coronal 3121:in the 3033:Elision 2981:/tʲiːɲ/ 2848:/s̪ɔnə/ 2807:glé lag 2802:/l̪ˠak/ 2774:glé rag 2732:nàdarra 2656:pongail 2623:meallta 2560:/kʲiaɾ/ 2527:/kaɾav/ 2490:deiseil 2395:/kʰas̪/ 2212:ind ben 2191:am fear 2185:an fear 2170:ind fer 2160:(s)indo 2127:/əmfɛr/ 2123:am fear 2104:In the 2089:/ˈbuko/ 2084:la casa 2078:in casa 2032:su gupu 2010:sa domu 1988:sa baca 1961:Nuorese 1936:/ˈkopa/ 1846:/t̪ʰuə/ 1770:/b,d,g/ 1748:, e.g. 1690:Spanish 1672:Effects 1645:Luciano 1639:la cena 1348:(zero) 1296:voicing 1239:Spanish 1129:(zero) 1014:Spanish 1010:English 969:elision 947:Opening 847:, not * 723:Italian 688:estamos 659:Spanish 655:waiting 631:tapping 586:voicing 516:in the 404:Raising 340:Elision 307:Liaison 171:Apocope 166:Syncope 154:Elision 4403:  4349:  4298:  4222:  3946:trills 3910:dubata 3807:carreg 3785:, and 3714:carreg 3687:, and 3593:Gwener 3536:copula 3309:air an 3269:group) 3267:labial 3262:group) 3253:dental 3144:, and 2911:seòlta 2815:Harris 2769:/rˠak/ 2461:/t̪uh/ 2362:/pjɔː/ 2218:in ben 2202:(s)ind 2176:in fer 2136:/əvɛn/ 2067:/kasa/ 1965:sandhi 1924:machen 1918:Wasser 1875:father 1864:tenuis 1809:*toutā 1782:/loba/ 1778:/bino/ 1758:/lupa/ 1754:/loba/ 1750:/lupa/ 1741:bodega 1666:/buko/ 1552:vowel 1506:French 1232:Korean 872:y gath 838:y gath 819:, the 706:patrem 633:: the 580:(as a 532:  424:Merger 419:Fusion 345:Crasis 300:Sandhi 274:umlaut 236:Fusion 4320:(PDF) 4112:or . 4109:poble 4106:> 4098:/bdɡ/ 4090:> 4086:> 4059:> 4028:vere- 4016:vete- 4010:vere- 3998:vete- 3950:/ptk/ 3926:idgön 3920:itke- 3915:Votic 3898:katon 3892:katto 3851:taigh 3835:ceann 3823:peann 3757:. In 3633:orrys 3521:sgian 3509:sgian 3422:) vs 3325:aigh 3321:air a 3260:velar 3217:leisg 3011:teann 2998:/tʰʲ/ 2965:/tʰʲ/ 2932:/t̪ʰ/ 2786:/l̪ˠ/ 2720:/n̪ˠ/ 2677:/pʰj/ 2523:garbh 2424:ciùin 2412:/kʰʲ/ 2324:/pok/ 2289:l n r 2264:to a 2262:trill 2242:/n̪ˠ/ 2238:/l̪ˠ/ 2200:* 2158:* 2047:/ptk/ 1903:water 1870:cornu 1858:pater 1830:túath 1752:> 1738:> 1729:ciega 1726:> 1723:caeca 1714:> 1702:> 1688:into 1686:Latin 1658:/ptk/ 1654:/d͡ʒ/ 1628:/t͡ʃ/ 1587:Mixed 996:tsarã 988:terra 984:Latin 977:Greek 894:Types 867:] 863:[ 833:] 829:[ 794:Welsh 745:] 741:[ 728:padre 679:] 675:[ 661:show 651:] 647:[ 620:] 616:[ 612:] 608:[ 606:like 569:lēnis 565:Latin 551:is a 520:(IPA) 4401:ISBN 4347:ISBN 4328:2021 4296:ISBN 4220:ISBN 4117:/lː/ 4093:fred 4022:vesi 4007:and 4004:vesi 3960:and 3942:taps 3767:and 3665:and 3624:Manx 3619:uine 3609:oras 3515:dubh 3495:sgia 3487:sròn 3465:beul 3295:aigh 3162:and 3154:and 3071:/fj/ 3050:fann 3004:/hj/ 2977:tinn 2944:tana 2904:/hj/ 2844:sona 2832:/s̪/ 2792:/lˠ/ 2753:/rˠ/ 2683:/fj/ 2644:/pʰ/ 2616:/vj/ 2610:/mj/ 2589:maol 2556:geur 2544:/kʲ/ 2478:/tʲ/ 2457:dubh 2445:/t̪/ 2379:/kʰ/ 2347:/vj/ 2341:/pj/ 2254:/rˠ/ 2204:ā be 2164:iros 2093:buco 2072:casa 2069:as 2026:gupu 2023:→ : 2004:domu 2001:→ : 1982:baca 1979:→ : 1912:reif 1909:vs. 1907:make 1899:ripe 1883:horn 1879:thin 1873:vs. 1820:tōθā 1784:→ . 1717:loba 1711:lupa 1705:vida 1699:vita 1633:cena 1620:raid 1618:and 1616:rate 1606:and 1598:and 1521:/au/ 1514:/al/ 1258:stop 1032:stop 920:The 799:cath 756:père 750:pare 643:wait 352:and 36:and 4188:of 4057:/j/ 3993:/i/ 3989:/s/ 3985:/t/ 3978:/t/ 3970:/r/ 3966:/ð/ 3641:d d 3631:n d 3617:d d 3607:n d 3587:nos 3579:s d 3563:bu 3553:bu 3506:' ( 3499:ubh 3497:n-d 3481:cam 3475:ron 3473:msh 3459:cam 3453:eul 3449:Cai 3435:mac 3427:cDh 3413:mac 3349:aon 3329:onn 3323:n t 3293:n t 3279:aon 3211:/l/ 3205:/ʎ/ 3178:/n/ 3172:/ɲ/ 3164:/ʎ/ 3160:/ɲ/ 3156:/l/ 3152:/n/ 3125:of 3077:/j/ 3045:→ Ø 3041:/f/ 2971:/h/ 2938:/h/ 2898:/ʃ/ 2871:/h/ 2865:/ʃ/ 2838:/h/ 2798:lag 2765:rag 2759:/ɾ/ 2726:/n/ 2650:/f/ 2583:/v/ 2577:/m/ 2550:/ʝ/ 2517:/ɣ/ 2511:/k/ 2484:/ʝ/ 2451:/ɣ/ 2418:/ç/ 2391:cas 2385:/x/ 2358:beò 2320:bog 2314:/v/ 2308:/p/ 2292:). 2274:/v/ 2272:to 2270:/m/ 2266:tap 2258:/ɾ/ 2246:/n/ 2244:to 2162:s w 2141:-os 2065:of 2063:/k/ 2053:of 2019:/ɡ/ 1997:/d/ 1975:/b/ 1942:). 1794:in 1791:-t- 1774:/b/ 1762:/p/ 1624:-er 1608:/d/ 1604:/t/ 1532:/o/ 1012:or 990:to 959:or 935:or 869:in 861:to 788:or 762:pai 721:in 673:to 665:of 614:or 543:In 4420:: 4276:^ 4247:^ 3987:→ 3956:, 3940:, 3936:, 3929:. 3907:→ 3901:, 3895:→ 3779:, 3708:th 3705:, 3702:ph 3699:, 3696:ch 3681:, 3605:ao 3577:no 3565:mh 3540:bu 3484:+ 3471:Ca 3451:mb 3438:+ 3425:Ma 3416:+ 3405:cG 3403:Ma 3358:ad 3291:ao 3209:→ 3176:→ 3166:. 3138:, 3075:→ 3002:→ 2969:→ 2936:→ 2902:→ 2869:→ 2836:→ 2790:→ 2757:→ 2724:→ 2681:→ 2648:→ 2614:→ 2581:→ 2548:→ 2515:→ 2482:→ 2449:→ 2416:→ 2383:→ 2345:→ 2312:→ 2256:→ 2206:nā 2179:→ 2147:-a 2041:A 1927:. 1921:, 1915:, 1905:, 1901:, 1881:, 1877:, 1867:, 1861:, 1848:. 1824:, 1812:, 1776:, 1732:, 1720:, 1708:, 1508:, 1483:→ 1473:→ 1468:→ 1461:→ 1456:→ 1451:→ 1444:→ 1435:→ 1430:→ 1425:→ 1416:→ 1411:→ 1406:→ 1397:→ 1392:→ 1385:→ 1376:→ 1371:→ 1362:→ 1353:→ 1345:→ 1336:→ 1329:→ 1324:→ 1314:→ 1308:→ 1302:→ 1292:→ 1281:→ 1275:→ 1267:→ 1261:→ 1215:→ 1201:or 1193:or 1187:→ 1172:→ 1158:or 1150:or 1144:→ 1107:or 1099:or 994:: 986:: 971:. 883:. 743:ð̞ 739:→ 547:, 309:, 272:, 4409:. 4355:. 4330:. 4304:. 4228:. 4080:( 3794:h 3788:c 3782:t 3776:p 3770:f 3764:s 3742:h 3690:t 3684:p 3678:c 3673:h 3629:u 3581:a 3555:d 3502:' 3444:) 3393:) 3373:) 3338:) 3327:d 3304:) 3147:n 3141:r 3135:l 3132:( 2353:) 2283:h 1817:* 1796:* 1578:→ 1573:→ 1565:→ 1559:→ 1549:→ 1543:→ 1510:l 1500:L 1479:, 1241:) 1234:) 1210:→ 1205:→ 1197:→ 1182:→ 1177:→ 1167:→ 1162:→ 1154:→ 1139:→ 1134:→ 1126:→ 1121:→ 1116:→ 1111:→ 1103:→ 1090:→ 1084:→ 1076:→ 1070:→ 1064:→ 1053:→ 1047:→ 1041:→ 1035:→ 1029:→ 1016:) 1005:) 998:) 979:) 881:/ 879:k 877:/ 865:ɡ 859:/ 857:k 855:/ 831:ɡ 825:/ 823:k 821:/ 816:y 808:/ 806:k 804:/ 771:/ 769:t 767:/ 737:/ 735:d 733:/ 719:/ 717:d 715:/ 701:/ 699:t 697:/ 677:h 671:/ 669:s 667:/ 649:ɾ 639:/ 637:t 635:/ 618:ʔ 610:h 538:. 498:e 491:t 484:v 276:) 268:( 20:)

Index

Soft mutation
Sound change
alternation
Metathesis
Quantitative metathesis
Lenition
Consonant gradation
Consonant voicing and devoicing
Assibilation
Spirantization
L-vocalization
Debuccalization
Fortition
Epenthesis
Prothesis
Paragoge
Unpacking
Vowel breaking
Elision
Apheresis
Syncope
Apocope
Haplology
Cluster reduction
Transphonologization
Compensatory lengthening
Nasalization
Tonogenesis
Floating tone
Assimilation

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