Fuaimeanna na Gaeilge: the Sounds of Irish

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Transcription key orthographic transcription <sampla> dialectal phonemic transcription /sampla/ Celticist phonemic transcription /sampla/

Irish of Gaoth Dobhair Irish of An Ceathrú Rua Irish of Corca Dhuibhne

/ʟ/ /l̪ˠ/ apical consonant coronal dental lateral approximant velarised voiced /l̪ˠ/ apical consonant coronal dental lateral approximant velarised voiced /l̪ˠ/ apical consonant coronal dental lateral approximant velarised voiced

<Gall> ‘foreigner’

▶ / ˈ ɡ a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡ a ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɡ ɑː l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡ aː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɡ ɔu l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡ au ʟ / 8419

<gaol> ‘relation’

▶ / ˈ ɡ iː l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡ iː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɡ iː l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡ iː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɡ eː l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡ eː ʟ / 8420

<geal> ‘bright’

▶ / ˈ ɟ a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ a ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ a ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ a ʟ / 8424

<geall> ‘promise’

▶ / ˈ ɟ a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ a ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ ɑː l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ aː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ ɔu l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ au ʟ / 8425

<ghalaigh> ‘evaporate (past)’

▶ / ˈ ɣ a . l̪ˠ iː / / ˈ ɣ a . ʟ iː /

▶ / ˈ ɣ a . l̠ʲ ɛ / / ˈ ɣ a . ʟʹ e /

▶ / ˈ ɣ a . l̪ˠ ɪ ɟ / / ˈ ɣ a . ʟ i ɡʹ / 8427

<ghaolta> ‘related (fem.)’

▶ / ˈ ɣ iː l̪ˠ . t̪ˠ ə / / ˈ ɣ iː ʟ . t ə /

▶ / ˈ ɣ iː l̪ˠ . t̪ˠ ə / / ˈ ɣ iː ʟ . t ə /

▶ / ˈ ɣ eː l̪ˠ . t̪ˠ ə / / ˈ ɣ eː ʟ . t ə / 8428

<gheal> ‘bright (fem.)’

▶ / ˈ j a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɣʹ a ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ʝ a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɣʹ a ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ʝ a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɣʹ a ʟ / 8429

<gheall> ‘promise (past)’

▶ / ˈ j a l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɣʹ a ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ʝ ɑː l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɣʹ aː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ʝ ɔu l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɣʹ au ʟ / 8430

<giall> ‘jaw’

▶ / ˈ ɟ ia l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ iə ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ iə l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ iə ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ iə l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ iə ʟ / 8433

<giobal> ‘rag’

▶ / ˈ ɟ ɪ . bˠ ə l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ i . b ə ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ ʊ . bˠ ə l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ u . b ə ʟ /

▶ / ˈ ɟ ʊ . bˠ ə l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɡʹ u . b ə ʟ / 8434