Irish/Irish Phonology
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Consonants
Labials
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| //F// | //P// | //B// | //M// | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
| Dialect A | fortis | /f/ | /f′/ | /p/ | /p′/ | /b/ | /b′/ | /m/ | /m′/ |
| lenis | ∅[1] | /f/ | /f′/ | /v/ | /v′/ | /v/ | /v′/ | ||
Coronal Obstruents
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| //S// | //T// | //D// | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
| Dialect A | fortis | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /t′/ | /d/ | /d′/ |
| lenis | /h/ | /ɣ/ | /j/ | ||||
Coronal Sonorants
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| //R// | //L// | //N// | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
| Dialect A | fortis | /R/ | /r/ | /L/ | /L′/ | /N/ | /N′/ |
| lenis | /r/ | /r′/ | /l/ | /l′/ | /n/ | /n′/ | |
Dorsals
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| //K// | //G// | //Ŋ// | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| broad | slender | broad | slender | broad | slender | ||
| Dialect A | fortis | /k/ | /k′/ | /g/ | /g′/ | /ŋ/ | /ŋ′/ |
| lenis | /x/ | /ç/ | /ɣ/ | /j/ | [2] | [2] | |
Vowels
Monophthongs
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| //Ə// | //I// | //A// | //O// | //U// | //E// | //İ// | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dialect A | short | /ə/[3] | /ɪ/[3] | /a/ | /o/ | /u/ | /e/ | /i/ |
| long | /aː/ | /oː/ | /uː/ | /eː/ | /iː/ | |||
Diphthongs
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Triphthongs
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Nasalised Vowels
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Footnotes
- ↑ Lenition of either /f/ or /f′/ equates to no sound being pronounced at all.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 /ŋ/ and /ŋ′/ had never developed any lenis counterparts, neither in the modern nor historical forms of the language.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Distinction is made between a central vowel in a broad environment, /ə/, and a central vowel in a slender environment, /ɪ/. e.g. tuatha /tuə.hə/ vs. tuaithe /tuə.hɪ/.
