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Thread #104596 Message #2157616
Posted By: Crowdercref
26-Sep-07 - 07:41 AM
Thread Name: Ever played a Welsh Crwth?
Subject: RE: Ever played a Welsh Crwth?
A Bryn ker,
My drifting friend (!),
You asked 'll' in Kernoweg pronounced as the 'll' in Cymraeg ?
No it's not. It's just an 'l' s to speak.
We do have some fine (usually circular) arguments about pronounciation, but that's not one of them! Our problems stem from the fact that our 'classical' Cornish literature is largely late medieval, (1400-1540) but place names and later literature show many signs of linguistic evolution (as you might expect).
Some of the fun items are
dh=th (soft)
th=th (hard)
gh=h (aspirate)
wh=h (aspirate)
f=v (often but not always)
hard c, k and g are often equivalent depending on whch old MS you're studying.
Initials mutate in a way analagous to Welsh
Oll an Gwella
Crowdercref