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
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | UBC | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | Thompson et al. | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |