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Celtic
Ceilteachd
[keiltɔxd]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 23 February 2020
Language type A posteriori
Species Human/humanoid
Sample of Celtic[view] Eo fhearean bàsaich. Nì eo fhearean bhìrail fhuireach.

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
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Latest vocabulary
Spionnnhenpirate
Stionhenprostitute
Language family relationships
Language treeCeltic
 ⤷ Proto-Celtic
  ⤷ Insular Celtic
   ⤷ Goidelic
    ⤷  Celtic
[view] About CelticThe Celtic languages (usually pronounced /ˈkɛltɪk/ but sometimes /ˈsɛltɪk/) are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group b...
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialLabio-
dental
DentalAlveolarPost-
Alveolar
PalatalVelarGlottal
Nasal m     n   ɲ ŋ  
Plosive p1 b     t d     k g  
Fricative   f v θ s2 ʃ3   x h
Affricate         t͡ʃ d͡ʒ      
Lateral approximant       l        
Approximant           j    
Trill       r4        
Flap       ɾ        
Blends kn5 ju6 xk7 ɾʃt8
  1. Never present at the end of a word
  2. Represented by s when followed by a, o or u
  3. Represented by s when followed by e, i or t.
  4. Represented by -rh-
  5. Represented by cn-
  6. Represented by -io-
  7. Represented by -chd (only present at the end of a word)
  8. Represented by -rst
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Close i i:   ɯ u u:
Close-mid e e:   o o:
Mid   ə1  
Open-mid ɛ   ɔ
Open a a:    
Polyphthongs ei ua ɔj ɔx2 au ai3
  1. Placed between the clusters lb, lm, nm, nr, rb & rm - usually at the end of a word
  2. Represented by -each
  3. Represented by -aigh-
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Celtic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 CelticOrthography [edit]
Aa/a/Bb/b/BH bh/v/1Cc/k/CH ch/x/Dd/d/DH dh/d͡ʒ/Ee/ɛ/, /ə/2, /e/Ff/f/Gg/g/
GH gh/j/Hh/h/Ii/i/Ll/l/Mm/m/MH mh/v/Nn/n/NH nh/ɲ/NN nn/ŋ/Oo/o/, /ɔ/
Pp/p/3Rr/ɾ/RH rh/r/4Ss/s/5Tt/t/TC tc/t͡ʃ/TH th/θ/Uu/u/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
  1. Represented by mh at the end of a word to indicate a verb and bh in any other position
  2. Placed between the clusters lb, lm, nm, nr, rb & rm - usually at the end of a word
  3. Never present at the end of a word
  4. Represented by -rh-
  5. Represented by s when followed by a, o or u
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