Testwiki:Proto-Celtic entry guidelines
Template:Policy-DP Template:Shortcut This page contains guidelines for Proto-Celtic reconstructions—notation, templates, and formatting. Proto-Celtic reconstructions are created in the Reconstruction namespace, as subpages, e.g. Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/makʷos for the reconstruction *makʷos.
Phonology
There is very little agreement between authors on the notation used to represent Proto-Celtic. Here at Wiktionary we use the following symbols; please use only these symbols in reconstructions, adapting the source notation as necessary.
Vowels
| Short vowels | a | e | i | o | u | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long vowels | ā | ī | ū | ||||
| Diphthongs | au | āu | ai | āi | ei[V 1] | ou | oi |
Notes
Consonants
| Labial consonants | b | ɸ[C 1] | βTemplate:Ref | m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental/alveolar consonants | t | d | s | z[C 2] | n | l[C 3] | r[C 3] |
| Palatal consonant | y | ||||||
| Velar consonants | k | g | x[C 2] | ||||
| Labiovelar consonants | kʷ | gʷ | w |
Notes
Morphology
Nominals
Nouns, adjectives, and pronouns are cited in their full nominative singular (masculine) forms (e.g. Template:M, not *makʷo-, Template:M, not *windo- or *windo/ā- or the like).
Verbs
The lemma form for verbs is the third-person singular present indicative, as it is for both Proto-Indo-European verbs and Old Irish verbs.
References
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