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[ç] results from /j/ when preceded by /h/, often as a result of h-prothesis of the radical word, e.g. iaith /jai̯θ/ 'language' becomes ei hiaith [ɛi çai̯θ] 'her language'. [9] The stops /p t k/ are distinguished from /b d ɡ/ by means of aspiration more consistently than by voicing, as /b d ɡ/ are actually devoiced in most contexts.
Gwyndodeg or Y Wyndodeg is one of the four traditional dialects of the Welsh language. Spoken in north-west Wales, the language takes its name from the post-roman Kingdom of Gwynedd . Writing in 1900, John Rhŷs and David Brynmor Jones give a boundary for the dialect's southern extent as "the stream of Wyrai at Llanrhystud ". [ 1 ]
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Welsh on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Welsh in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
A 19th-century Welsh alphabet printed in Welsh, without j or rh The earliest samples of written Welsh date from the 6th century and are in the Latin alphabet (see Old Welsh). The orthography differs from that of modern Welsh, particularly in the use of p, t, c to represent the voiced plosives /b, d, ɡ/ non initially.
The following articles contain more information on Welsh: Welsh syntax; Colloquial Welsh morphology (the patterns that shape the spoken language as it is used by present-day Welsh speakers.) Literary Welsh morphology (the rules governing the use of the formal written language, normally corresponding to older, historical patterns.)
The dialect follows neighbouring Dyfedeg Welsh in its writing and speaking. Northern Welsh variants are known to have vocabulary and literary differences from Standard Welsh, for example llefrith (Ddefedeg and Powyseg) and llaeth ( Gwenhwyseg and Gwyndodeg ), both meaning "milk" in English, with one being more standard in the north, and the ...
At the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2009, a further announcement was made by the Welsh Language Board that the mobile phone company Samsung was to work with the network provider Orange to provide the first mobile phone in the Welsh language, [105] with the interface and the T9 dictionary on the Samsung S5600 available in the Welsh language. The ...
The historical development of the Welsh language has followed an atypical pattern resulting in two highly divergent registers: a literary form, and a colloquial form. These forms are both in modern use, with literary Welsh used in only the most formal or traditional artistic or religious contexts.