Learn Late Cornish Bit by Bit 40 (Pronunciation 2)

A Little Bit about Pronunciation 2

Wherever you have a pre-occlusion[1] after a vowel, the vowel is short, e.g.:

abm                                       a kiss                             

badna                                    a drop

dadna                                    under

labm                                      a jump, a leap                                   

gladn                                     a bank

hebma                                   this (m)

hedna                                    that (m)

hobma                                   this (f)

hodna                                    that (f)

cabm                                     wrong, crooked

mabm                                    mum

obma                                     here

pedn                                      a head

plobm                                    lead (cf Latin plumbum)

radn                                       a part, a portion

tabm                                      a bit

üdnek                                    eleven

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[1] nn or mm in RMC. Pronounce with an unexploded b before m and unexploded d before n