Bretannish Scratchpad
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:39 pm
A cat is a bestie. [ə kæt ɪz ə 'bɛsti] - Modern Bretannish (id.)
Un cat is un(e) bestie. [ʊn kæt ɪz 'ʊnə 'bɛsti] - Middle Bretannish (Maethy Bretannish)
Úno cátto àis úna béstie. - Old Bretannish (Vaecal Bretannish)
Ūnum cattum est ūna bēstia. - Latin (id.)
"A cat is a beast."
And el paund y el aurin laugh ca tu canash... [ænd ɛl pɑnd i ɛl 'ɑrɪn lɑ(:) kə t(j)u 'kɛ:nəʃ]
And el paund y el aurin lauch que tu canosh... [ænd ɛl pɑnd ɪ ɛl 'ɑrɪn lɑx kə tiu 'kæənəʃ]
Ánd éllo páundè ài éllo àuríno láuxo què tú canyósce...
Ante illum pontem et illum aurīnum locum quem tū cognōscis...
"Between the bridge and that golden spot which you know..."
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Latin to Old Bretannish:
au > ɔ
iː uː > i u
ɪ e, ʊ o > e o
ɛ ɔ > ɛ ɔ
a aː > a
h disappears
m disappears word-finally but > n after a stressed vowel
regressive assimilation
stops delete word-finally
single stops fricativize intervocalically
ɣ > v before back vowels
e > ə / _r
ɛ ɔ > ai au when stressed, ə a when unstressed
ə drops word-finally
Un cat is un(e) bestie. [ʊn kæt ɪz 'ʊnə 'bɛsti] - Middle Bretannish (Maethy Bretannish)
Úno cátto àis úna béstie. - Old Bretannish (Vaecal Bretannish)
Ūnum cattum est ūna bēstia. - Latin (id.)
"A cat is a beast."
And el paund y el aurin laugh ca tu canash... [ænd ɛl pɑnd i ɛl 'ɑrɪn lɑ(:) kə t(j)u 'kɛ:nəʃ]
And el paund y el aurin lauch que tu canosh... [ænd ɛl pɑnd ɪ ɛl 'ɑrɪn lɑx kə tiu 'kæənəʃ]
Ánd éllo páundè ài éllo àuríno láuxo què tú canyósce...
Ante illum pontem et illum aurīnum locum quem tū cognōscis...
"Between the bridge and that golden spot which you know..."
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Latin to Old Bretannish:
au > ɔ
iː uː > i u
ɪ e, ʊ o > e o
ɛ ɔ > ɛ ɔ
a aː > a
h disappears
m disappears word-finally but > n after a stressed vowel
regressive assimilation
stops delete word-finally
single stops fricativize intervocalically
ɣ > v before back vowels
e > ə / _r
ɛ ɔ > ai au when stressed, ə a when unstressed
ə drops word-finally