Caoimhin O'Donnel:

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

From: Caoimhin O Donnaile <caoimhin at smo.uhi.ac.uk>
To: The Celtic Linguistics List <CELTLING at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Subject: Re: Andrew Carnie: Nasal Fricatives


>  I was sitting in a preliminary exam defense last week, when my
>  colleague, a phonetician asserted "It is impossible to produce a nasal
...snip...
>  or bilabial fricative (and NOT a nasalized bilabial approximant,
>  which would be the broad version).

In Scottish Gaelic (So I read, anyway - I am no expert),
nasalisation normally extends over a word segment, rather than being
restricted to a single vowel like in French and Polish.  I don't know
whether that makes any difference.

Nasalisation is (in my impression) a lot more common in Scottish Gaelic
than Irish Gaelic.  I am pretty sure that lots of people would pronounce
a word like "mhothaich" with a nasal /v/ at the beginning.  That's how
it's perceived anyway.  Although maybe, come to think of it, it is
actually implemented on the /o/ or the /h/ ?

Caoimhín
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