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The language is [[a priori]] in the sense that it is not derived from another language by way of regular sound changes and identifiable diachronic grammatical developments. However, as its vocabulary is mostly derived (albeit often in opaque ways) from the [[w:Scottish Gaelic|Scottish Gaelic]] lexicon, it could arguably be described as an [[a posteriori language]], depending on the definition applied.

==Introduction==

{{:Cân Gert/Vowels}}

===Consonants===

* /ɛ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /e/

* /ɔ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /o/

====Iotic epenthesis====

As in English, proper nouns are distinguished through capitalisation. Proper nouns can be borrowed through a number of mechanisms:

* '''Borrowed names''' are proper nouns that are not broken down into further meaning. These are usually borrowed from Gaelic or, failing that, English, without being reduced to monosyllables like roots are. E.g. ''Alabâ'', "Scotland", from Gaelic ''Alba'', and ''Colôn'', "Cologne", from the English.

Due to Cân Gert's nature, translated proper nouns can often be broken down into far lower-level transparent morphemes than their English equivalents. For the above example:

* ''Êndînta'' – "unified, united"

** ''êndîn'' – "unification, unity"

*** ''dîn'' – "action, creation"

** ''-ta'' – perfective participle{{ref|pn1|note}}

<small>{{note|pn1|Note}} The ''-ta'' suffix obviates the need both for the general-purpose adjectival suffix ''-al'' and for the verbal clitic ''ni'' that would occur at the beginning of ''niêndîn'' to mean "unify, unite". That suffix tends to form adjectives with a more active/progressive meaning, somewhat like a gerundive; ''êndînal'' would mean "unifying, uniting" rather than "unified, united".</small>

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