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

<mo shíol> ‘my seed’

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ hʲ iː l̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ hʹ iː ʟ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ hʲ iː l̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ hʹ iː ʟ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ hʲ iː l̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ hʹ iː ʟ / 8549

<mo shmólach> ‘my thrush’

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ m̥ˠ oː . l̪ˠ a x / / m ə # ˈ hm oː . ʟ a x /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ sˠ mˠ oː . l̪ˠ ə x / / m ə # ˈ s m oː . ʟ ə x /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ m̥ˠ oː . l̪ˠ ə x / / m ə # ˈ hm oː . ʟ ə x / 8553

<na longa> ‘the ships’

▶ / n̪ˠ ə # ˈ l̪ˠ ʌ ŋ . ə / / ɴ ə # ˈ ʟ o ŋ . ə /

▶ / n̪ˠ ə # ˈ l̪ˠ ʌ ŋ . ɡ ə / / ɴ ə # ˈ ʟ o ŋ . ɡ ə /

▶ / n̪ˠ ə # ˈ l̪ˠ ʌ ŋ . ə / / ɴ ə # ˈ ʟ o ŋ . ə / 8567

<oileán> ‘island’

▶ / ˈ ɛ . l̪ˠ a n̪ˠ / / ˈ e . ʟ a ɴ /

▶ / ˈ ɪ . l ɑː n̪ˠ / / ˈ i . lʹ aː ɴ /

▶ / ɪ . ˈ lʲ ɑː n̪ˠ / / i . ˈ ʟʹ aː ɴ / 8583

<ól> ‘drink’

▶ / ˈ ɔː l̪ˠ / / ˈ ɔː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ oː l̪ˠ / / ˈ oː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ oː l̪ˠ / / ˈ oː ʟ / 8588

<poll> ‘hole’

▶ / ˈ pˠ ʌ l̪ˠ / / ˈ p o ʟ /

▶ / ˈ pˠ au l̪ˠ / / ˈ p au ʟ /

▶ / ˈ pˠ ɔu l̪ˠ / / ˈ p au ʟ / 8611

<saol> ‘life’

▶ / ˈ sˠ iː l̪ˠ / / ˈ s iː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ sˠ iː l̪ˠ / / ˈ s iː ʟ /

▶ / ˈ sˠ eː l̪ˠ / / ˈ s eː ʟ / 8640

<shruthlaigh> ‘rinse (past)’

▶ / ˈ ɾ̥ˠ ɤ . l̪̊ˠ iː / / ˈ hr u . hʟ iː /

▶ / ˈ ɾ̥ˠ ʌ . l̪̊ˠ ə / / ˈ hr o . hʟ ə /

▶ / ˈ ɾ̥ˠ ʊ . hˠ ə . l̪ˠ ɪ ɟ / / ˈ hr u . h ə . ʟ i ɡʹ / 8673

<síothlaigh> ‘strain’

▶ / ˈ ɕ iː . l̪̊ˠ iː / / ˈ sʹ iː . hʟ iː /

▶ / ˈ ɕ iː . l̪ˠ ə / / ˈ sʹ iː . ʟ ə /

▶ / ˈ ʃ iː . hˠ ə . l̪ˠ ɪ ɟ / / ˈ sʹ iː . h ə . ʟ i ɡʹ / 8685

<sláinte> ‘health’

▶ / ˈ sˠ l̪ˠ æː n̠ʲ . ʧ ɛ / / ˈ s ʟ aː ɴʹ . tʹ e /

▶ / ˈ sˠ l̪ˠ ɑː n̠ʲ . t̠ʲ ɪ / / ˈ s ʟ aː ɴʹ . tʹ i /

▶ / ˈ sˠ l̪ˠ ɑː nʲ . tʲ ɛ / / ˈ s ʟ aː ɴʹ . tʹ e / 8687