Language Lore - Welsh A-Affection

Note: I am not a professional linguist, just a passionate amateur, so there may be errors on both the linguistics and Celtic language side of things! In this first episode of Language Lore, we discover a strange mutating force that seems to have affected the Celtic languages in days of yore. It is thought to be caused by [a], a low vowel that strives to reduce neighboring [i] and [u] to mere mid vowels... Learn more about this phenomenon, the Celtic languages, Welsh, historical phonology, and more on this episode of... LANGUAGE LORE! Source: A great part of this video was researched through: A Welsh grammar, historical and comparative by John Morris-Jones (1913) https://archive.org/details/welshgram... The section on a-affection starts on §68 page 90, while sections §69-70 (pp. 90-93) concern themselves with i-affection. It's an excellent resource for the historical phonology of Welsh, though it's admittedly a bit dated (in the public domain!). At any event, I hope you enjoyed this video! If you have any suggestions for future Language Lore installments, be sure to write them in the comments below! This video took quite a long while to make (I've been working on it ever since the last Lexember short like 4 weeks ago!), so liking, subscribing, or sharing it with that one cool friend who likes linguistics stuff would certainly be appreciated! :) 0:00 Introduction and Background 1:10 Language Lore Theme 1:28 All About A-Affection 5:59 Other Effects of A-Affection 6:54 Closing Remarks Website: https://parchmentlore.com #celticlanguages #linguistics #language