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==Soft mutation (''bucoscaso'')== | ==Soft mutation (''bucoscaso'')== | ||
The so-called soft mutation affects [[w:plosive consonant|plosive consonants]]. | The so-called ''soft mutation'' affects [[w:plosive consonant|plosive consonants]]. It is the result of plosives voicing between vowels or voiced consonants. | ||
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==Nasal mutation (''esloñaloscaso'')== | ==Nasal mutation (''esloñaloscaso'')== | ||
''Nasal'' or ''hard mutation'' is far less common than its soft counterpart. Celtic nasal endings <i title="Proto-Celtic-language text" lang="cel-pro">*-om</i>, <i title="Proto-Celtic-language text" lang="cel-pro">*-ām</i> evolved into nasalized vowels, which lost the nasalization in most environments. In those where it was kept, it mutated the following consonant, hence the name. | |||
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| b || rowspan="7" | > || m | |||
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| d || n | |||
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| g || c/qu | |||
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| m || v | |||
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===Environments=== | |||
* After a genitive plural pronoun, i.e. ''{{term|asero}}'' ‘our’, ''{{term|suero}}'' ‘your’, and ''{{term|so}}'' ‘their’: ''{{term|duno|'''d'''uno}}'' → ''asero '''n'''uno''. | |||
* After the number seven: ''{{term|garo|'''g'''aro}}'' → ''seta '''c'''aro''. | |||
* After the preposition ''{{term|i}}'': ''{{term|mí|'''m'''í}}'' → ''i '''v'''í camerze''. | |||
==Marginal mutations== | |||
; Hard ''g'' {{anchor|hard g}} | |||
Outside soft and nasal mutations, the letter ''g'' shifts to ''c'' (before ''a'', ''o'', or ''u'') and ''qu'' (after ''e'' and ''i'') after a word ending in ''n'', namely the definite article ''{{term|en}}''. | |||
; ''M''-to-''b'' mutation | |||
While regarded as a kind of soft mutation, it is the only mutation in Modern Gallaecian that is not triggered by the preceding sounds. Instead, if a syllable starts with ''m'' and its coda or the onset of the following one is an ''n'', the former mutates into a ''b''. | |||
<center>'''''m'''ini-'' → ''saia '''b'''i<u>n</u>i'' ‘miniskirt’ <ref>Only example available; does this count as a ''[[wikt:hapax legomenon|hapax legomenon]]''?</ref></center> | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:10, 2 December 2022
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. It is the result of plosives voicing between vowels or voiced 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.
- After certain prepositions:
- In singular existential constructions: té → Ta dé uba ‘There is tea here’
- After the numbers 2, 5, and 8: tomate → dau domate, quesso → quenque guesso, polbo → otu bolbo.
- After the negative particle ne: cobruñe → Ne gobru ‘I don't want’
Nasal mutation (esloñaloscaso)
Nasal or hard mutation is far less common than its soft counterpart. Celtic nasal endings *-om, *-ām evolved into nasalized vowels, which lost the nasalization in most environments. In those where it was kept, it mutated the following consonant, hence the name.
| Original | > | Mutated |
|---|---|---|
| b | > | m |
| d | n | |
| g | c/qu | |
| m | v |
Environments
- After a genitive plural pronoun, i.e. asero ‘our’, suero ‘your’, and so ‘their’: duno → asero nuno.
- After the number seven: garo → seta caro.
- After the preposition i: mí → i ví camerze.
Marginal mutations
- Hard g
Outside soft and nasal mutations, the letter g shifts to c (before a, o, or u) and qu (after e and i) after a word ending in n, namely the definite article en.
- M-to-b mutation
While regarded as a kind of soft mutation, it is the only mutation in Modern Gallaecian that is not triggered by the preceding sounds. Instead, if a syllable starts with m and its coda or the onset of the following one is an n, the former mutates into a b.
Notes
- ^ Gray, Louis H. (October 1944). "Mutation in Gaulish". Language. Linguistic Society of America. 20 (4): 223. doi:10.2307/410121. JSTOR 410121.
- ^ Superseded by the hard g mutation.
- ^ Only example available; does this count as a hapax legomenon?
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.