nasal mutation

English

Noun

nasal mutation (countable and uncountable, plural nasal mutations)

1. An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.

Translations

A type of pronunciation change

• Breton: kemmadur dre fri m, kemmadur dre friañ m
• French: mutation nasalisante f
• Galician: mutación nasal f
• German: nasale Mutation f
• Irish: urú m, srónaíl
• Welsh: treiglad trwynol m

References

• Wikipedia