Ghaildidh

Basic Grammar
The grammar of Am Ghaildidh (/am' ɣyl 'dyʎ/) is similar to other Celtic languages in that it uses eclipsis and lenition, but different in that it uses this only following prepositions or articles, or to show a grammatical concept or change in definition of word, not based on where the word is in the sentence.

Lenition
There are 5 types of lenition.

Spirantization
Spirantization turns a plosive into fricative in the same place of articulation, here are the spiranted consonants:

/p/ to /v/

/pj/ to /vj/

/k/ to /ʝ/

/tʲ/ to /ʝ/

/kʲ/ to /ʝ/

/m/ to /v/

/mj/ to /vj/

/pʰ/ to /f/

/bʰ/ to /v/

Spirantization is used after "yee (very)"

Ex: "pog (soft)" becomes "yee mhog).

Note: use "mh" when spirantizing "p", "v" when spirantizing "m", and "w" when spirantizing an aspirated "b".

"p" to "mh"

"m" to "v"

"b" to "w"

Loss of Secondary Articulation
This happens when a consonant with secondary articulation (ex nazalization) loses its secondary articulation. This happens for a word after an article or possessive adjective, but only for a few consonants: /p/, /n/, /r/, and /d/.

Debuccalization
This happens when a consonant loses its place of articulation and becomes /h/, or a glottal stop, in Ghaildidh, though, consonants are only debuccalized to /h/.

/pj/ to /hj/ (can usually be simplified to /j/, though it depends on preference.) At the start of a word following a possessive adjective or an article. Spelled (phj)

/k/ to /h/ Following a possessive adjective or an article. Spelled (kh)

/t/ to /h/ Following a possessive adjective or an article. Spelled (th)