Fuaimeanna na Gaeilge: the Sounds of Irish
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affricate
alveolar
alveolo-palatal
apical
back
bilabial
central
close
close-mid
consonant
coronal
dental
diphthong
dorsal
fricative
front
glottal
labial
labiodental
laminal
lateral approximant
long
mid
nasal plosive
near-back
near-close
near-front
open
open-mid
palatal
palatalised
plosive
postalveolar
primary stress
rounded
secondary stress
short
suprasegmental
syllable break
tap
unrounded
velar
velarised
voiced
voiceless
vowel
Celticist symbol
Irish of Gaoth Dobhair
Irish of An Ceathrú Rua
Irish of Corca Dhuibhne
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n
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n
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alveolar
apical
consonant
coronal
nasal plosive
velarised
voiced
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n
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alveolar
apical
consonant
coronal
nasal plosive
velarised
voiced
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n̪ˠ
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alveolar
apical
consonant
coronal
nasal plosive
velarised
voiced
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nʹ
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examples »
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n
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alveolar
apical
consonant
coronal
nasal plosive
palatalised
voiced
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n
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alveolar
apical
consonant
coronal
nasal plosive
palatalised
voiced
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nʲ
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alveolar
apical
consonant
coronal
nasal plosive
palatalised
voiced
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o
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ʌ
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near-back
open-mid
rounded
short
vowel
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ʌ
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near-back
open-mid
rounded
short
vowel
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ʌ
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near-back
open-mid
rounded
short
vowel
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oː
/
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oː
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back
close-mid
long
rounded
vowel
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oː
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back
close-mid
long
rounded
vowel
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oː
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back
close-mid
long
rounded
vowel
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p
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pˠ
/
bilabial
consonant
labial
plosive
velarised
voiceless
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pˠ
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bilabial
consonant
labial
plosive
velarised
voiceless
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pˠ
/
bilabial
consonant
labial
plosive
velarised
voiceless
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pʹ
/
examples »
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pʲ
/
bilabial
consonant
labial
palatalised
plosive
voiceless
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pʲ
/
bilabial
consonant
labial
palatalised
plosive
voiceless
/
pʲ
/
bilabial
consonant
labial
palatalised
plosive
voiceless
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r
/
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ɾˠ
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alveolar
apical
consonant
tap
velarised
voiced
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ɾˠ
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alveolar
apical
consonant
tap
velarised
voiced
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ɾˠ
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alveolar
apical
consonant
tap
velarised
voiced
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rʹ
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examples »
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ɾʲ
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alveolo-palatal
apical
consonant
palatalised
tap
voiced
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ɾʲ
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alveolo-palatal
apical
consonant
palatalised
tap
voiced
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ɾʲ
/
alveolo-palatal
apical
consonant
palatalised
tap
voiced
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s
/
examples »
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sˠ
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alveolar
consonant
fricative
laminal
velarised
voiceless
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sˠ
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alveolar
consonant
fricative
laminal
velarised
voiceless
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sˠ
/
alveolar
consonant
fricative
laminal
velarised
voiceless
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sʹ
/
examples »
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ɕ
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alveolo-palatal
consonant
fricative
laminal
palatalised
voiceless
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ɕ
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alveolo-palatal
consonant
fricative
laminal
palatalised
voiceless
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ʃ
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alveolo-palatal
consonant
fricative
laminal
palatalised
voiceless
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