Irish/Irish Phonology

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Consonants

Labials

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Labial phonemes
//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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Coronal obstruent phonemes
//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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Coronal sonorant phonemes
//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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Dorsal phonemes
//K// //G// //Ŋ//
broad slender broad slender broad slender
Dialect A fortis /k/ /c/ /g/ /ɟ/ /ŋ/ /ɲ/
lenis /x/ /ç/ /ɣ/ /j/ [2] [2]

Vowels

Monophthongs

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Monophthong phonemes
//Ə// //A// //O// //U// //E// //I//
Dialect A short /ə/[3] /a/ /o/ /u/ /e/ /i/[3]
long /aː/ /oː/ /uː/ /eː/ /iː/

Diphthongs

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Diphthong phonemes
//Ə̯I// //Ə̯U// //IƏ̯// //UƏ̯//
Dialect A /ə̯i/ /ə̯u/ /iə̯/ /uə̯/

Triphthongs

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Triphthong phonemes
//UI̯Ə̯//
Dialect A /ui̯ə̯/

Nasalised Vowels

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Nasalised monophthong phonemes
//Ə̃// //Ã// //Õ// //Ũ// //Ẽ// //Ĩ//
Dialect A short /ə̃/[3] /ã/ /õ/ /ũ/ /ẽ/ /ĩ/[3]
long /ãː/ /õː/ /ũː/ /ẽː/ /ĩː/
Nasalised diphthong phonemes
//Ə̯̃Ĩ// //Ə̯̃Ũ// //ĨƏ̯̃// //ŨƏ̯̃//
Dialect A /ə̯̃ĩ/ /ə̯̃ũ/ /ĩə̯̃/ /ũə̯̃/
Nasalised triphthong phonemes
//ŨĨ̯Ə̯̃//
Dialect A /ũĩ̯ə̯̃/

Footnotes

  1. Lenition of either /f/ or /f´/ results in no sound being pronounced at all.
  2. 2.0 2.1 /ŋ/ and /ŋ´/ had never developed any lenis counterparts, neither in the modern nor historical forms of the language.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Distinction is made between a central vowel in a broad environment, /ə/, and a central vowel in a slender environment, /i/. e.g. tuatha /tuə̯.hə/ vs. tuaithe /tuə̯.hi/.