Contents
Introduction: | page |
Origin and General History | 1 |
Phonology: | |
Orthography and Pronunciation: | |
The Alphabet | 9 |
The Vowels | 11 |
The Consonants | 18 |
Note.—Transcription | 29 |
Sounds in Combination: | |
Syllabic Division | 30 |
Diphthongs. Falling Diphthongs | 31 |
Rising Diphthongs | 37 |
Ambiguous Groups | 41 |
Accentuation | 47 |
Quantity | 65 |
The Aryan Vowels in Keltic | 74 |
Aryan Vowel Gradation | 78 |
Keltic Vowels in British and Welsh | 85 |
The Short Vowels | 85 |
Affection of Short Vowels | 89 |
The Long Vowels | 93 |
The Diphthongs | 97 |
Later Modifications of Vowels | 110 |
Vowel Variation in Modern Welsh | 116 |
Vowel Mutation | 116 |
Vowel Affection | 120 |
The Aryan Consonants in Keltic and British | 122 |
The Explosives | 124 |
The Spirants | 133 |
The Sonants | 147 |
Interchange of Consonants: | |
Consonant Alternation | 155 |
Assimilation, Dissimilation, and Metathesis | 159 |