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==Modern An Bhlaoighne==

Modern An Bhlaoighne, or ''An Bhlaoighne do Dheofáid'' (pronounced /vl{{breathy|a}}ːn ðɪfʊid/, or /~~vlaːnfʊid~~/ in rapid speech) is the most popular in-universe conlang in Future Tricin/Crackfic Tricin and has more native speakers in Cualuav than many natlangs. Its pronunciation is much simpler and more eroded but its orthography is pretty much the same as An Bhlaoighne, which makes for some really bloated spellings, and even whole words can be silent, like "na" which serves as a noun marker in written Dheofáid.

Modern An Bhlaoighne, or ''An Bhlaoighne do Dheofáid'' (pronounced /vl{{breathy|a}}ːn ðɪfʊid/, or /vl{{breathy|a}}ːnfʊid/ in rapid speech) is the most popular in-universe conlang in Future Tricin/Crackfic Tricin and has more native speakers in Cualuav than many natlangs. Its pronunciation is much simpler and more eroded but its orthography is pretty much the same as An Bhlaoighne, which makes for some really bloated spellings, and even whole words can be silent, like "na" which serves as a noun marker in written Dheofáid.

An Dheofáid uses a version of Square Word Calligraphy.

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===Phonology===

Dheofáid phonology is not too different from Brythonic Celtic languages. There are lots of vowel/diphthong mergers though some An Bhlaoighne monophthongs turned into diphthongs like í /ei/.

Initially all 4 stops of An Bhlaoighne remain distinct: ''t th d dh'' become /t̪ θ d̪ ð/. However, posttonal t and th both become /d̪/, and posttonal d and dh both become /ð/. Dheofáid has suprasegmental breathy voice deriving from post-tonal breathy voiced stops: ''rámh'' becomes /r{{breathy|o}}m/ but ''rám'' becomes /rom/. The phonology is otherwise not too different from Brythonic Celtic languages. There are lots of vowel/diphthong mergers though some An Bhlaoighne monophthongs turned into diphthongs like í /ei/.

====Silent gh====

Dheofáid has vowel coloring from former gh - íogh sounds like /iw/.

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 ==Modern An Bhlaoighne==
-Modern An Bhlaoighne, or ''An Bhlaoighne do Dheofáid'' (pronounced /vl{{breathy|a}}ːn ðɪfʊid/, or /vlaːnfʊid/ in rapid speech) is the most popular in-universe conlang in Future Tricin/Crackfic Tricin and has more native speakers in Cualuav than many natlangs. Its pronunciation is much simpler and more eroded but its orthography is pretty much the same as An Bhlaoighne, which makes for some really bloated spellings, and even whole words can be silent, like "na" which serves as a noun marker in written Dheofáid.
+Modern An Bhlaoighne, or ''An Bhlaoighne do Dheofáid'' (pronounced /vl{{breathy|a}}ːn ðɪfʊid/, or /vl{{breathy|a}}ːnfʊid/ in rapid speech) is the most popular in-universe conlang in Future Tricin/Crackfic Tricin and has more native speakers in Cualuav than many natlangs. Its pronunciation is much simpler and more eroded but its orthography is pretty much the same as An Bhlaoighne, which makes for some really bloated spellings, and even whole words can be silent, like "na" which serves as a noun marker in written Dheofáid.
 An Dheofáid uses a version of Square Word Calligraphy.
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 ===Phonology===
-Dheofáid phonology is not too different from Brythonic Celtic languages. There are lots of vowel/diphthong mergers though some An Bhlaoighne monophthongs turned into diphthongs like í /ei/.
+Initially all 4 stops of An Bhlaoighne remain distinct: ''t th d dh'' become /t̪ θ d̪ ð/. However, posttonal t and th both become /d̪/, and posttonal d and dh both become /ð/. Dheofáid has suprasegmental breathy voice deriving from post-tonal breathy voiced stops: ''rámh'' becomes /r{{breathy|o}}m/ but ''rám'' becomes /rom/. The phonology is otherwise not too different from Brythonic Celtic languages. There are lots of vowel/diphthong mergers though some An Bhlaoighne monophthongs turned into diphthongs like í /ei/.
 ====Silent gh====
 Dheofáid has vowel coloring from former gh - íogh sounds like /iw/.