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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. | ''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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