Tigol

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Phonology

Old Irish + Modern Irish gib with séimhiú dot = aspiration

Consonants

  • b c d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t /b k d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t/
  • "Lenition": ḃ ċ ḋ ḟ ġ ṁ ṗ ṡ ṫ /bʰ kʰ dʰ fʰ gʰ mʰ pʰ sʰ tʰ/
  • "Eclipsis": ᵐb ᵑc ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt /ᵐb ᵑk ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt/
  • Geminates: cc ll nn ŋŋ pp rr ss tt /kː lː nː ŋː pː rː sː tː/

Vowels

  • a e i o u /a e i o u/
  • á é í ó ú /aː eː iː oː uː/
  • ai ei io oi ui
  • ae ao ái éi eó éu ia ío íu iú ói oí ua úi uí

All five short vowels a e i o u could occur in a word-final unstressed syllable.

Morphology

Main article: Morphology

Much of the morphology of Thensarian survives in Old Tíogall; on top of that, the Old Tíogall absolute-conjunct alternations add another layer of complexity to the morphology.

Syntax