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Irish initial mutations

Index Irish initial mutations

Irish, like all modern Celtic languages, is characterized by its initial consonant mutations. [1]

17 relations: Boston College, Celtic languages, Consonant mutation, Coronal consonant, Irish language, Irish orthography, Irish phonology, Lenition, Manx language, Morphology (linguistics), Nasalization, Obstruent, Place of articulation, Prothesis (linguistics), Sandhi, Syntax, Voice (phonetics).

Boston College

Boston College (also referred to as BC) is a private Jesuit Catholic research university located in the affluent village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States, west of downtown Boston.

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Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family.

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Consonant mutation

Consonant mutation is change in a consonant in a word according to its morphological or syntactic environment.

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Coronal consonant

Coronal consonants are consonants articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Irish orthography

Irish orthography has evolved over many centuries, since Old Irish was first written down in the Latin alphabet in about the 8th century AD.

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Irish phonology

The phonology of the Irish language varies from dialect to dialect; there is no standard pronunciation of Irish.

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Lenition

In linguistics, lenition is a kind of sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonorous.

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Manx language

No description.

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Morphology (linguistics)

In linguistics, morphology is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language.

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Nasalization

In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth.

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Obstruent

An obstruent is a speech sound such as,, or that is formed by obstructing airflow.

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Place of articulation

In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation (also point of articulation) of a consonant is the point of contact where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an articulatory gesture, an active articulator (typically some part of the tongue), and a passive location (typically some part of the roof of the mouth).

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Prothesis (linguistics)

In linguistics, prothesis (from post-classical Latin based on πρόθεσις próthesis 'placing before'), or less commonly prosthesis (from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις prósthesis 'addition') is the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure.

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Sandhi

SandhiThe pronunciation of the word "sandhi" is rather diverse among English speakers.

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Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, usually including word order.

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Voice (phonetics)

Voice is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_initial_mutations

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