Anglecymrāeg: Difference between revisions
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! '''''æg''''' | ! '''''æg''''' | ||
| rowspan=3| /æj/ | | rowspan=3| /æj/<br>/æʲ/ | ||
| Differentiation between soft and hard palatalization is extremely inconsistent. Usually, however, the soft palatalization was used only word-finally, and the hard palatalization was used everywhere else. | | Differentiation between soft and hard palatalization is extremely inconsistent. Usually, however, the soft palatalization was used only word-finally, and the hard palatalization was used everywhere else. | ||
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| /r̥/ | | /r̥/ | ||
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! rowspan= | ! rowspan=3| '''''hw''''' | ||
| /ʍ/ | | /ʍ/ | ||
| Medially and finally. | |||
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| / | | /ɸʷ/ | ||
| It is thought that '''''hw''''' was articulated | | It is thought that '''''hw''''' was only articulated this way when appearing word-initially, a remnant of the Welsh phonology. | ||
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! '''''i''''' | ! '''''i''''' | ||
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! '''''ō''''' | ! '''''ō''''' | ||
| /oː/ | | /oː/<br>/u/ | ||
| Very occasionally pronounced as /u/, but only when word-finally and stressed. | | Very occasionally pronounced as /u/, but only when word-finally and stressed. | ||
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! rowspan= | ! rowspan=4| '''''w''''' | ||
| /ʊ/ | | /ʊ/ | ||
| It is unclear why this vowel sound came into use, being favored over the Welsh /ʉ/, but it is possible that the influx of the Anglo-Saxons brought about this change. This would figure into the phonological history, with the only hypothesis being that the /ʊ/ was somewhat similar to /ø/ and found a sort of compromise. | | It is unclear why this vowel sound came into use, being favored over the Welsh /ʉ/, but it is possible that the influx of the Anglo-Saxons brought about this change. This would figure into the phonological history, with the only hypothesis being that the /ʊ/ was somewhat similar to /ø/ and found a sort of compromise. | ||
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| /w/ | | /w/ | ||
| The '''''w''''' only takes on a consonant value when occurring before another vowel. | | Medially and finally. The '''''w''''' only takes on a consonant value when occurring before another vowel. | ||
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| /βʷ/ | |||
| Word-initially. The /β/ sound came from the Old Welsh. | |||
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| /ʊw/ | | /ʊw/ | ||