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From: mcv@inter.NL.net (Miguel Carrasquer)
Subject: Re: H and digraphs thereof
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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 16:15:08 GMT
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In article <CxyyKF.D5n@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>But _nh_ in Welsh is a voiceless _n_, not palatal or velar.  Yes, _ll_
>is inconsistent.  (That's why JRR Tolkien uses _lh_ in his romanisation
>for the Welsh-influenced Sindarin.)

Well, so much for "Teach Yourself Welsh".  The Pronunciation chapter
is completely silent on NH.  Then I figured it might be a mutation,
and indeed, the nasal mutation of P T and C gives MH, NH and NGH.
They (Bowen and Rhys-Jones) say: "If the pronunciation of NGH is found
difficult, practise the English phrase `hung halibut'."  Red herring!
Well, so Welsh has unvoiced r, l (fricative), m, n and [N]...

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