Summary of Sound Changes
The main mutations cause the following changes:
Unmutated | Soft | Spirant | Hard | Mixed |
---|---|---|---|---|
p | b | f | ||
t | d | z | ||
k | g | c'h | ||
b | v | p | v | |
d | z | t | t | |
g | c'h | k | c'h | |
gw | w | kw | w | |
m | v | v |
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