Kernewek Kemmyn - Table of Mutations

Table of Mutations

(Information from the Table of Mutations and The Brief Guide to Mutations has been taken from/modelled on the work from the "Gerlyver Kernewek Kemmyn" by Dr Ken George and the "Gerlyvrik, Mini Dictionary" also by Dr Ken George and "The Welsh Learner's Dictionary" co produced by Heini Grufudd and Y Lolfa.)

Original Letter Soft Mutation Hard Mutation Spirant Mutation Mixed Mutation
K g no change h/no change no change
P b no change f no change
T d no change th no change
G w/left out k no change hw/h
B v p no change f (after “th” v)
D dh t no change t(after “th” t)
M v no change no change f (after “th” v)
Ch j no change no change no change

As this happens to the first letter of words, a word in a sentence could start with an a but it could also be under G in the dictionary (as the letter g drops off with soft mutations of words in which o, u, ro or ru don’t immediately follow the g).

e.g. garr (Leg); an arr (the leg)

But not

e.g. dew (two), grogys (belt); dew wrogys (two belts)

Because “ro” follows “g” in “grogys”.

You must therefore look up what the original spelling would be: words starting with v, for example, could be mutated from m or b. You should therefore look up V, M or B.

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