From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56657
Date: 2008-04-04
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From: "Anders R. Joergensen" <ollga_loudec@...>
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> How do you write Oirl capal "horse" with Ogam ?
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> Arnaud
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I don't, at least not if I'm an 4-6th c. Irishman. I have no /p/
(or /pp/) and no letter for it. Had a word *kappilo- (or the like)
entered my language at this early stage, it would have
become /kakWkWila-/, written CAQ(Q)IL(L)A- (or the like, depending on
further developments).
Anyway, Ogam didn't have anything for /p(p)/ because, at the time it
was created, there were no p's in the language, hence no need for it.
Anders
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When was Ogam created according to you
and
When did the word "horse" enter Irish ?
When are the first horses attested in Ireland ?
Arnaud
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