Question
In this language's orthography, the digraph ll (“el el”) represents a voiceless fricative, in contrast to the voiced approximant represented by a single l. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Celtic language whose other double-letter digraphs include dd and ff. This language, known endonymically as Cymraeg, is commonly spoken in cities like Cardiff.
ANSWER: Welsh
[10h] Many dialects of Spanish underwent a type of this change called yeísmo (“yeh-EES-mow”), in which the ll digraph merged into the y digraph. This change involves a replacement of its core sound into a central consonant.
ANSWER: delateralization [accept word forms]
[10m] The ll digraph in this language often represents the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate, while it was once written as the broken L ligature. This is the only modern language that uses the letter “thorn.”
ANSWER: Icelandic [or íslenska]
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Summary
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2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
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