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* Feminine nouns of either number in the [[w:direct case|direct case]] after the definite article: ''{{term|bea|'''b'''ea}}'' → ''em '''v'''ea'', ''{{term|terba|'''t'''erba}}'' → ''em '''d'''erbas''. | * Feminine nouns of either number in the [[w:direct case|direct case]] after the definite article: ''{{term|bea|'''b'''ea}}'' → ''em '''v'''ea'', ''{{term|terba|'''t'''erba}}'' → ''em '''d'''erbas''. | ||
* Singular masculine nouns in the [[w:locative case|locative case]] after the definite article: ''{{term|torhedo|'''t'''orhedo}}'' → ''en '''d''' | * Singular masculine nouns in the [[w:locative case|locative case]] after the definite article: ''{{term|torhedo|'''t'''orhedo}}'' → ''en '''d'''orheide''. | ||
* After singular possessive pronouns, that is, ''{{term|mo}}'' ‘my’, ''{{term|to}}'' ‘your’, and ''{{term|so}}'' ‘his/her/its’: ''{{term|queno|'''qu'''eno}}'' → ''mo '''gu'''eno'', ''{{term|pá|'''p'''á}}'' → ''to '''b'''á'', ''{{term|gaña|'''g'''aña}}'' → ''so '''h'''aña''. | * After singular possessive pronouns, that is, ''{{term|mo}}'' ‘my’, ''{{term|to}}'' ‘your’, and ''{{term|so}}'' ‘his/her/its’: ''{{term|queno|'''qu'''eno}}'' → ''mo '''gu'''eno'', ''{{term|pá|'''p'''á}}'' → ''to '''b'''á'', ''{{term|gaña|'''g'''aña}}'' → ''so '''h'''aña''. | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 3 December 2021
Modern Gallaecian features, as other Celtic languages, a word-initial consonantal mutation system. While there is some evidence that other Continental Celtic languages such as Gaulish might have evolved mutation,[1] it is impossible to ascertain whether Gallaecian would too.
Soft mutation (bucoscaso)
The so-called soft mutation affects plosive consonants.
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Environments
- Feminine nouns of either number in the direct case after the definite article: bea → em vea, terba → em derbas.
- Singular masculine nouns in the locative case after the definite article: torhedo → en dorheide.
- After singular possessive pronouns, that is, mo ‘my’, to ‘your’, and so ‘his/her/its’: queno → mo gueno, pá → to bá, gaña → so haña.
Notes
- ^ Gray, Louis H. (October 1944). "Mutation in Gaulish". Language. Linguistic Society of America. 20 (4): 223. doi:10.2307/410121. JSTOR 410121.
Sources
- Evans, Christian C. (2018). Calá Nuivaisá: Covezaso que reherensia [Modern Gallaecian: An Introduction and Reference] (PDF). ISBN 978-0-359-07664-2.
- Evans, Christian C. (April 2021). Lysimachiakis; Miacomet; Slorany (eds.). "Mutation in Modern Gallaecian" (PDF). Segments. r/conlangs (1, Phonology): 39–42.