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Since pː → pʰ is attested, how likely is the opposite pʰ → pː in an intervocalic environment? Both [pʰ] and [pː] could be viewed as fortis realizations of [p]. Yea or Nay on making them interchangeable intervocalically such that:

p pʰ → f p \ V_V

but [θ] needs to go. Alas… t tt → θ t → h t → ∅ t / V_V s ss → h s → ∅ s / V_V No problems here. θ (> s) > h > Ø is totally reasonable, if you ask me. t tt → θ t → s t / V_V s ss → r ss / V_V s (> z) > r doesn't feel weird to me either, especially not intervocalically. I think that ss would be like...

I'm spirantizing intervocalically, but [θ] needs to go. How? The second is tempting because fewer consonants drop out, but is it as weirdly unnatural as I think it is? Geminates are shortening with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel as usual. t tt → θ t → h t → ∅ t / V_V s ss → h s → ∅ s...

I made a post on Old Irish orthography elsewhere. I've decided to flesh it out as a more detailed guide. If Irish (Gaeilge) or Gaelic (Gàidhlig) orthography mystifies you, this might shed light on it's origins. Old Irish has been a subject of intense study. Grammars, glosses, and journal papers are ...

So the the other board has this thread, so why not start one here (I don't go there anymore, because that's were the fun of conlanging goes to die.) So anyhow: Who created Gaelic really has a fetish for historical spellings, moreso then the guy who did English. I mean, in his or her "Irish&quo...

This seems like a safe place for a first post. Inventory: nasals: /m n/ stops: /p b t d k g/ affricates: /ts/ fricatives: /f v s θ ð x h/ approximants: /j w/ trills: /r/ laterals: /l/ vowels: /i: ɪ e: ɛ a: a o: ɔ u: ʊ/ diphthongs: /aɪ oɪ aʊ eʊ/ Allophones: Standard stuff, eg n as ŋ before velars, et...