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.

Lenition
Radical (unmutated consonant)LenitedEclipsis
p [p]ph [f]b /b/
t, th [t]h [h]d /d/
çh [tʃ][p]h [h]j /dʒ/
c, k [kʲ] (slender)¹ch [ç] [h]g /gʲ/
c, k [k] (broad)²ch [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/
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