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Consonants in Irish loans generally have the same value as in "carefully-read Irish", i.e. with no vowel contractions from semivowels. The values are the closest Majorcan equivalents to the Irish consonants, with broad and slender becoming emphatic and nonemphatic, except: | Consonants in Irish loans generally have the same value as in "carefully-read Irish", i.e. with no vowel contractions from semivowels. The values are the closest Majorcan equivalents to the Irish consonants, with broad and slender becoming emphatic and nonemphatic, except: | ||
* broad ''d{{cda}}'' = /z{{uvu}}/ | * broad ''d{{cda}}'' = /z{{uvu}}/ | ||
* ''nn ll rr'' actually are geminates. Word-finally they compensatorily lengthen the preceding vowel, just | * ''nn ll rr'' actually are geminates. Word-finally they compensatorily lengthen the preceding vowel, just as native word-final geminates do. | ||
* ''b{{cda}} m{{cda}}'' as well as slender ''d{{cda}} g{{cda}}'' may become geminates after an unstressed vowel. | * ''b{{cda}} m{{cda}}'' as well as slender ''d{{cda}} g{{cda}}'' may become geminates after an unstressed vowel. | ||
Final broad consonants require the ''leaṫnàn'' unless they have a lenition dot. | Final broad consonants require the ''leaṫnàn'' unless they have a lenition dot. | ||