The phonetic approach through Irish is fascinaing, especially since so many previus attempts have focused on more common languages. The idea that consonant clusters hide unwritten vowels makes a lot of sense when you look at how Irish actualy works. Have you found any paterns in how the manuscript handles words that should have similar phonetic structures?
Yes! So quite a few things, the 8 or the S in EVA is used in interesting combos for EE and AYE sounds in middle of word that is dropped in modern day spelling. Also the fada/L or the L in EVA can sometimes function kind of tonally, like an extra syllable or emphasis instead of just functioning like a fada to the vowel. Those are just a few examples.
The phonetic approach through Irish is fascinaing, especially since so many previus attempts have focused on more common languages. The idea that consonant clusters hide unwritten vowels makes a lot of sense when you look at how Irish actualy works. Have you found any paterns in how the manuscript handles words that should have similar phonetic structures?
Yes! So quite a few things, the 8 or the S in EVA is used in interesting combos for EE and AYE sounds in middle of word that is dropped in modern day spelling. Also the fada/L or the L in EVA can sometimes function kind of tonally, like an extra syllable or emphasis instead of just functioning like a fada to the vowel. Those are just a few examples.