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Brithenig has final syllables consonants that are pronounced soft rather than hard. This is shown with special combinations of letters in these cases. | Brithenig has final syllables consonants that are pronounced soft rather than hard. This is shown with special combinations of letters in these cases. | ||
Certain phrases are treated as diphthongs also. '''Sa es''', 'she is, there is, there are' is pronounced as 'saes'. '''A es''' and '''O es''' are treated similarly. In the standard dialect of Brithenig, where 'ae' and 'oe' are pronounced as long vowels, instead of diphthongs, these phrases can be contracted to '''sa's''', '''a's''' and '''o's'''. When it becomes necessary to prevent two sounds from eliding, to avoid confusion or loss of sound or meaning, the ending -''dd'' is added to a word: :'''ys a-dd abrob''', ''he has nearly...'' | Certain phrases are treated as diphthongs also. '''Sa es''', 'she is, there is, there are' is pronounced as 'saes'. '''A es''' and '''O es''' are treated similarly. In the standard dialect of Brithenig, where 'ae' and 'oe' are pronounced as long vowels, instead of diphthongs, these phrases can be contracted to '''sa's''', '''a's''' and '''o's'''. When it becomes necessary to prevent two sounds from eliding, to avoid confusion or loss of sound or meaning, the ending -''dd'' is added to a word: | ||
:'''ys a-dd abrob''', ''he has nearly...'' | |||
The letter 'y' at the beginning of a word is often unstressed and when preceded by a word ending in a vowel it often elides. | The letter 'y' at the beginning of a word is often unstressed and when preceded by a word ending in a vowel it often elides. | ||