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Re: Irish Gaelic Pronunciation

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Friday, February 7, 2003, 19:56
On Friday 07 February 2003 7:02 pm, Aidan Grey wrote:
> heya Steg! > > Well, here's my tips for Donegal Irish. > > slender - flanked by i and/or e > broad - flanke4d by a, o, or u > > sl. br. > p /pj/ /p(w)/ > t /tj, tS/ /t/ > c /kj/ /k(w)/ > ch /C/ /x/ > b /bj/ /b(w)/ > bh /v/ /w/ > d /dj, dZ/ /d/ > dh /j/ /G/ > f /fj/ /f/ > bhf /v/ /w/ > g /gj/ /g(w)/ > gh /j/ /G/ > l /lj/ /l/ > r /ry, C/ /r/ > m /mj/ /m(w)/ > mh /v/ /w/ > n /nj/ /n/ > s /S/ /s/ > th always /h/ > ph always /f/ > sh always /h/ > > In other dialects, the lenited consonants (ch, bh, dh, gh) always have > slender values: > > mo bhaile 'my home' - Don. /m@ walj@/ Kerry /m@ valj@/
I thought that 'my home' was 'mo chonaí' /m@ xoni:/. My pronounciation probably isn't perfect. I'm not sure how to pronounce (V)í.
> Mutations > > asp. ecl. > p ph /f/ bp /b/ > t th /h/ dt /d/ > c ch /x,C/ gc /g/ > b bh /v,w/ mb /m/ > d dh /j,G/ nd /n/ > g gh /j,G/ ng /N/ > f fh (silent) bhf /v,w) > m mh /v,w/ > s sh /h/ > > > Some of the "teach Yourself Irish" books have good explanations of the > complicated vowel sequences (like eói, etc.) but basically think of them > like this: > > short vowel + i : like short vowel, often with w before back vowels (ai > as in baile often like /wa/. for example) > long vowel + i : diphthong (táin (the famous story) like /tAjn/) > note the different pronunciation of a/ (aka á or a fada) sort of like > au in British Paul > e/i often ignored before a short vowel (except that it usually > introduces a /j/ after the consonant - i.e. no effect on vowel pron.) > > Hopefully this helps. There are others here who can help too. Feel free > to ask for clarification or if there's something you don't get. This info > comes from my experiences studying Irish from native speakers. > > Aidan > > >So anyway, i'm now taking a course in Irish Gaelic, and i'd really > >appreciate it if someone could tell me all the rules for broad/slender > >vowels and consonants, and aspiration and eclipsis, and all the other > >stuff. My teacher isn't a native speaker, and she admits to mixing > >dialects a lot, and my dictionary isn't nearly as much help with > >pronounciation as i thought it would be. > > > >So would anyone be able to help me?

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Aidan Grey <grey@...>