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Has three distinctive vowels: '''i''' /i/, '''u''' /u/,'''a''' /a/, which all reduce to ə in a 'weak' position. | Has three distinctive vowels: '''i''' /i/, '''u''' /u/,'''a''' /a/, which all reduce to ə in a 'weak' position. | ||
Three consonant series: unaspirated '''b''' /p/, '''d''' /t/, '''g''' /k/, aspirated '''p''' / | Three consonant series: unaspirated '''b''' /p/, '''d''' /t/, '''g''' /k/, aspirated '''p''' /pʰ/, '''t''' /tʰ/, '''k''' /kʰ/, ejective '''ḇ''' /p’/, '''ḏ''' /t’/, '''ḡ''' /k’/ | ||
These series of stops have traditionally been termed the '''tenuis''', the '''fortis''', and the '''lenis''' series. | |||
The language has regressive (leftward) preglottalization before the fortis and lenis stops, thus ''yataḏa'' /jəˈʔtʰaʔt’a/ 'he collects' but ''gaduš'' /katuʃ/ 'knife' | |||
==Proto-Celtic per Hispaniam== | ==Proto-Celtic per Hispaniam== | ||