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Pictish is written in a Latin script. The letters "b", "c", "e", "j", "o", "p", "s", "v", "w", "y" and "z" are not used. | Pictish is written in a Latin script. The letters "b", "c", "e", "j", "o", "p", "s", "v", "w", "y" and "z" are not used. | ||
"a" = /a/ | |||
"d" = /ð/ | |||
"dh" = /θ/ | |||
"f" = /w/ | |||
"fh" = /xʷ/ | |||
"g" = /j/ | |||
"gh" = /ç/ | |||
"h" = /h/ | |||
"i" = /i/ | |||
"k" = /k/ | |||
"l" = /l/ | |||
"l" = /ɬ/ | |||
"m" = /m/ | |||
"mq" = /ŋɡʷ/ | |||
"n" = /n/ | |||
"ng" = /ɲ/ | |||
"nk" = /ŋɡ/ | |||
"nr" = /ŋ/ | |||
"nt" = /nd/ | |||
"nx" = /ɲɟ/ | |||
"q" = /kʷ/ | |||
"r" = /ɣ/ | |||
"rh" = /x/ | |||
"t" = /t/ | |||
"u" = /u/ | |||
"x" = /c/ | |||
Note: | |||
The glottal stop only occurs word-initially and is not written. Its mutated forms are written with an intervening hyphen eg: | |||
amik = pebbles (radical) | |||
h-amik = pebbles (lenition) | |||
m-amik = pebbles (eclipsis) | |||
k-amik = pebbles (provection) | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== |
Revision as of 14:44, 29 June 2018
Pictish is a language isolate spoken in the British Isles by members of the Thurse phenotype. It is in a sprachbund with the Celtic languages and shares features such as VSOX word order and initial consonant mutation.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Pictish is written in a Latin script. The letters "b", "c", "e", "j", "o", "p", "s", "v", "w", "y" and "z" are not used.
"a" = /a/
"d" = /ð/
"dh" = /θ/
"f" = /w/
"fh" = /xʷ/
"g" = /j/
"gh" = /ç/
"h" = /h/
"i" = /i/
"k" = /k/
"l" = /l/
"l" = /ɬ/
"m" = /m/
"mq" = /ŋɡʷ/
"n" = /n/
"ng" = /ɲ/
"nk" = /ŋɡ/
"nr" = /ŋ/
"nt" = /nd/
"nx" = /ɲɟ/
"q" = /kʷ/
"r" = /ɣ/
"rh" = /x/
"t" = /t/
"u" = /u/
"x" = /c/
Note:
The glottal stop only occurs word-initially and is not written. Its mutated forms are written with an intervening hyphen eg:
amik = pebbles (radical)
h-amik = pebbles (lenition)
m-amik = pebbles (eclipsis)
k-amik = pebbles (provection)