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<p>became soft spirants in intervocalic position and before liquids:</p>

<p><big> Voiceless spirants </big></p>
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* Geminated voiceless plosives transformed into spirants:</p>

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*Voiceless stops become spirants after liquids:</p>

<p><big> Nasal assimilation </big></p>
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* Voiced stops were assimilated to a preceding nasal:</p>

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* Brittonic retains original nasals before  and :</p>

<p><big>Classification</big></p>
<p>The family tree of the Brittonic languages is as follows:</p>

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