Manx Phonology
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Mutations
As with other Celtic languages, Manx undergoes initial consonant mutations for a variety of morphological occurences. Lenition is the most productive mustation, although eclipsis occurs as well.
| Radical (unmutated consonant) | Lenited | Eclipsis |
| p [p] | ph [f] | b /b/ |
| t, th [t] | h [h] | d /d/ |
| çh [tʃ][p] | h [h] | j /dʒ/ |
| c, k [kʲ] (slender)¹ | ch [ç] [h] | g /gʲ/ |
| c, k [k] (broad)² | ch [x] | g /g/ |
| b [b] | v [v] | m /m/ |
| bw [bw] | w [w] | mw /mw/ |
| d, dh [d] | gh [ɣ] | n /n/ |
| j [dʒ] | y [j] | n'y /nj/ |
