Fuaimeanna na Gaeilge: the Sounds of Irish

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

/ʟʹ/ /l̠ʲ/ alveolo-palatal consonant coronal laminal lateral approximant palatalised postalveolar voiced /l̠ʲ/ alveolo-palatal consonant coronal laminal lateral approximant palatalised postalveolar voiced /lʲ/ alveolo-palatal consonant coronal laminal lateral approximant palatalised postalveolar voiced

<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

<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

<próifíl> ‘profile’

▶ / ˈ pˠ ɾˠ oː . fʲ iː l / / ˈ p r oː . fʹ iː l /

▶ / ˈ pˠ ɾˠ oː . fʲ ai l / / ˈ p r oː . fʹ ai l /

▶ / ˈ pˠ ɾˠ oː . fʲ iː lʲ / / ˈ p r oː . fʹ iː ʟʹ / 8614

<riail> ‘rule’

▶ / ˈ ɾˠ ia l̠ʲ / / ˈ r iə ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ ɾˠ iə l̠ʲ / / ˈ r iə ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ ɾˠ iə lʲ / / ˈ r iə ʟʹ / 8621

<róshneachtúil> ‘too snowy’

▶ / ˌ ɾˠ ɔː . ˈ n̠̊ʲ a x . t̪ˠ ʉː l / / ˌ r ɔː . ˈ hɴʹ a x . t uː lʹ /

▶ / ˌ ɾˠ oː . ˈ n̠̊ʲ a x . t̪ˠ uː l / / ˌ r oː . ˈ hɴʹ a x . t uː l /

▶ / ˌ ɾˠ oː . ˌ n̥ʲ a x . ˈ t̪ˠ uː lʲ / / ˌ r oː . ˌ hɴʹ a x . ˈ t uː ʟʹ / 8629

<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

<sáil> ‘heel’

▶ / ˈ sˠ æː l̠ʲ / / ˈ s aː ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ sˠ ɑː l̠ʲ / / ˈ s aː ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ sˠ ɑː lʲ / / ˈ s aː ʟʹ / 8638

<scoil> ‘school’

▶ / ˈ sˠ k ʌ l / / ˈ s k o lʹ /

▶ / ˈ sˠ k ɛ l̠ʲ / / ˈ s k e ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ sˠ k ʌ lʲ / / ˈ s k o ʟʹ / 8642

<síl> ‘seed (gen.)’

▶ / ˈ sˠ iː l̠ʲ / / ˈ s iː ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ ɕ iː l̠ʲ / / ˈ sʹ iː ʟʹ /

▶ / ˈ ʃ iː lʲ / / ˈ sʹ iː ʟʹ / 8677

<simplí> ‘simple’

▶ / ˈ ɕ ɪ mʲ . pʲ l iː / / ˈ sʹ i mʹ . pʹ l iː /

▶ / ˈ ɕ iː mʲ . pʲ l iː / / ˈ sʹ iː mʹ . pʹ l iː /

▶ / ʃ iː mʲ . ˈ pʲ lʲ iː / / sʹ iː mʹ . ˈ pʹ ʟʹ iː / 8678