Consonant representation
In the following chart, evidence from BDL VII is placed first; additional evidence from BDL XXVII is placed thereafter in square brackets. Examples of MS words are given.
| ‘Normal’ Gaelic spelling | BDL spelling |
| Initial and final | Internal | |
| b | b- ban [-b on] | [-bb- abbs] |
| d | d- dein, darnas; -d keid, rad, gerrid; -t ymmit | -dd- tugsiddir, eddir; (-)t- a ter; -td- hymlitdewe [hudditdyr] |
| dt- | [d- i' deir, in dres] | |
| g | g- Gawis, go; g- om, gyn; c- Ca math; -k phoik, tanik, dar lek; -g twg; [k- knai] skail | -g- tugsiddir, dagis; -gg- eggis, hwggin; -k- oskir, meska, [-c- choncfe] |