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

/iː/ /iː/ close front long unrounded vowel /iː/ close front long unrounded vowel /iː/ close front long unrounded vowel

<migh> ‘wash’

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː / / ˈ mʹ iː /

▶ / ˈ mʲ ɪ / / ˈ mʹ i /

▶ / ˈ mʲ ɪ ɟ / / ˈ mʹ i ɡʹ / 8532

<mill> ‘damage’

▶ / ˈ mʲ ɪ l̠ʲ / / ˈ mʹ i ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː l̠ʲ / / ˈ mʹ iː ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː lʲ / / ˈ mʹ iː ʟʹ / 8534

<mín> ‘smooth’

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː n̠ʲ / / ˈ mʹ iː ɴʹ /

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː n̠ʲ / / ˈ mʹ iː ɴʹ /

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː nʲ / / ˈ mʹ iː ɴʹ / 8536

<míniú> ‘explanation’

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː . n̠ʲ ʉː / / ˈ mʹ iː . ɴʹ uː /

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː . n uː / / ˈ mʹ iː . nʹ uː /

▶ / mʲ iː . ˈ nʲ uː / / mʹ iː . ˈ ɴʹ uː / 8537

<míosa> ‘month (genitive)’

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː . sˠ ə / / ˈ mʹ iː . s ə /

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː . sˠ ə / / ˈ mʹ iː . s ə /

▶ / ˈ mʲ iː . sˠ ə / / ˈ mʹ iː . s ə / 8538

<mo chathaoir> ‘my chair’

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ x a . hʲ ɪ ɾʲ / / m ə # ˈ x a . hʹ i rʹ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ x a . hˠ iː ɾʲ / / m ə # ˈ x a . h iː rʹ /

▶ / mˠ ə # x a . ˈ hˠ iː ɾʲ / / m ə # x a . ˈ h iː rʹ / 8541

<mo ghaol> ‘my relative’

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ ɣ iː l̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ ɣ iː ʟ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ ɣ iː l̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ ɣ iː ʟ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ ɣ eː l̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ ɣ eː ʟ / 8545

<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 shnaidhm> ‘my knot’

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ n̪̊ˠ iː mʲ / / m ə # ˈ hɴ iː mʹ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ n̪̊ˠ iː mʲ / / m ə # ˈ hɴ iː mʹ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ n̪̊ˠ iː mʲ / / m ə # ˈ hɴ iː mʹ / 8554

<mo shuíochán> ‘my seat’

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ hˠ ia . x æː n̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ h iə . x aː ɴ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ hˠ iː . x ɑː n̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ h iː . x aː ɴ /

▶ / mˠ ə # ˈ hˠ iː . ˈ x ɑː n̪ˠ / / m ə # ˈ h iː . ˈ x aː ɴ / 8555