Anglecymrāeg: Difference between revisions
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! '''''hm''''' | ! '''''hm''''' | ||
| /ɧm/ | | /ɧm/ | ||
| rowspan= | | rowspan=2| The sound /ɧ/ was opted for over /x/ or /h/ when appearing before nasals due to the tendency for a word-initial '''''h''''' changing to /ɧ/, carrying over to the consonant cluster rule. Originally, the sounds which were replaced by the affricates beginning with /ɧ/ were unvoiced nasals or liquids, but surprisingly, these changes still occurred, even though both groups had had unvoiced liquids and nasals as a phonological feature. Subsequently, voiced sonorants were phased out of the language completely. | ||
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! '''''hn''''' | ! '''''hn''''' | ||
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! '''''hl''''' | ! '''''hl''''' | ||
| /ɬ/ | | /ɬ/ | ||
| rowspan=3| All of these are largely unchanged from Old English, as Welsh also had similar unvoiced sonorants. | |||
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! '''''hr''''' | ! '''''hr''''' | ||