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

/v/ /w/ consonant fricative labial labiodental velarised voiced /w/ consonant fricative labial labiodental velarised voiced /vˠ/ consonant fricative labial labiodental velarised voiced

<dubh> ‘black’

▶ / ˈ d̪ˠ ʉː / / ˈ d uː /

▶ / ˈ d̪ˠ ʌ / / ˈ d o /

▶ / ˈ d̪ˠ ʊ vˠ / / ˈ d u v / 8350

<folach> ‘concealment’

▶ / ˈ fˠ ʌ . l̪ˠ a x / / ˈ f o . ʟ a x /

▶ / ə # ˈ w a . l̪ˠ ə x / / ə # ˈ v a . ʟ ə x /

▶ / fˠ ʌ . ˈ l̪ˠ a x / / f o . ˈ ʟ a x / 8397

<folamh> ‘empty’

▶ / ˈ fˠ ʌ . l̪ˠ ʉː / / ˈ f o . ʟ uː /

▶ / ˈ fˠ ʌ . l̪ˠ ə / / ˈ f o . ʟ ə /

▶ / ˈ fˠ ʌ . l̪ˠ ə vˠ / / ˈ f o . ʟ ə v / 8398

<gaineamh> ‘sand’

▶ / ˈ ɡ a . n̠ʲ ə w / / ˈ ɡ a . ɴʹ ə v /

▶ / ˈ ɡ a . n ɛ / / ˈ ɡ a . n e /

▶ / ˈ ɡ a . nʲ ə vˠ / / ˈ ɡ a . ɴʹ ə v / 8416

<inniu> ‘today’

▶ / ɪ . ˈ n̠ʲ ʉː / / i . ˈ ɴʹ uː /

▶ / ɪ . ˈ n̠ʲ ʊ w / / i . ˈ ɴʹ u v /

▶ / ə . ˈ nʲ ʊ vˠ / / ə . ˈ ɴʹ u v / 8456

<mhaoigh> ‘boast (past)’

▶ / ˈ w iː j / / ˈ v iː ɣʹ /

▶ / ˈ w iː / / ˈ v iː /

▶ / ˈ vˠ iː ɟ / / ˈ v iː ɡʹ / 8528

<mholfadh> ‘would recommend’

▶ / ˈ w a . l̪̊ˠ ʉː / / ˈ v a . hʟ uː /

▶ / ˈ w ʌ . l̪̊ˠ ə x / / ˈ v o . hʟ ə x /

▶ / ˈ vˠ ʌ . l̪̊ˠ ə x / / ˈ v o . hʟ ə x / 8529

<naomh> ‘saint’

▶ / ˈ n̪ˠ iː w / / ˈ ɴ iː v /

▶ / ˈ n̪ˠ iː w / / ˈ ɴ iː v /

▶ / ˈ n̪ˠ eː vˠ / / ˈ ɴ eː v / 8572

<sábháil> ‘save’

▶ / ˈ sˠ æː . w a l / / ˈ s aː . v a l /

▶ / ˈ sˠ ɑː . w ɑː l̠ʲ / / ˈ s aː . v aː ʟʹ /

▶ / sˠ ɑː . ˈ vˠ ɑː lʲ / / s aː . ˈ v aː ʟʹ / 8635

<Sadhbh> ‘Sadhbh (girl's name)’

▶ / ˈ sˠ æː w / / ˈ s aː v /

▶ / ˈ sˠ a w / / ˈ s a v /

▶ / ˈ sˠ ai vˠ / / ˈ s ai v / 8636