ipa/Scottish Gaelic

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Scottish Gaelic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Scottish Gaelic phonology and Scottish Gaelic orthography for a more thorough look at the sounds of Scottish Gaelic.

Consonants
Broad Slender English approximations
IPA Examples IPA Examples
f fad, fead, pholl, pheann fade
ɣ dhà, deireadh, ghaol, dragh ʝ dh'iarr, dh'innis, gheall, ghin Spanish luego; yard (but stronger)
h thonn, thig, shùil, sheòl haste
j eala, beò, theàrn, iolaire, piuthar, shiùbhlainn, gràidh yard
k gaol, beagan, caileag, amharc gille, fairrge, thig, chunnaic scat; askew
còta kʲʰ cìr cup; cure
l̪ˠ làmh, balla, geal l mo leaba, cliathaich, baile, fuil health; lice
ʎ leaba, slige, gille health; scallion
m mac, mic, lampa, ìm main
n̪ˠ nàire, snàmh, clann ɲ nighean, sneachda, cinneadh, ròin tenth; onion
n mo nàire, anail, bean tenth; nice
ŋ long ŋʲ aingeal think; angular
p ball, nàbuidh, abair, corp space
peann, poll pain
rud, riochd, oirre, orra Spanish rojo
ɾ rud, mo riochd, crann, fear ɾʲ cridhe, fir crane; creed (both Scotland); American atom
solas, speal, sgeulachd ʃ seòl, stiùir, slighe, snìomh soot; shade
dall, fada, ad, falt dìleas, maide, thèid, fuilt stock; stew (RP)
t̪ʰ tana tʲʰ tìr tide; tune (RP)
v bhean, sàibh, mhàthair, deimhinn, làmh veil
x chòta, balach ç chì, balaich loch (Scotland); huge
Monophthongs
Short Long English approximations
IPA Examples IPA Examples
a mac, glaine làmh, àite, grr rat; rather (both Scotland)
e teth, fead, cheil glè, chèile, beud hit; hay (both Scotland)
ɛ fear, each ɛː cnàimh, sèimh let; flare (RP)
ə fada, baile viva
i mise, fios ìseal, pìobaire, cinn reef
ɪ uilig, capaill hit
o tobar, bodhar bò, còig load (Scotland)
ɔ cnoc, sgoil, deoch ɔː bròn, mòine, cl, còrr dog
u ugh, bun, sgioltachd, fliuch cùl, sùil, diombach, trr, cunntas pull; rule
ɯ duine, uisge ɯː craobh, aois good; roof
ɤ dragh, coire ɤː fadhlach ago; blur (both RP)
Diphthongs
IPA Examples English approximation
ai claidheamh, chaill, cainnt price
au amharc, abhainn, ball, gann loud
ei seinn, beinn, peinnsean main
ɛu seall, theann, dream Spanish euro
ia Niall, pian, feur, beul he and she
fiacail, iasg, ceud, deug, sìos, fìon idea
ɔu toll, tonn, com low (GA)
ua uamhasach, suaineadh, uaine you and me
fuar, uair, buaidh bluer
ɯi chraoibh, ghaoith, tuill, tuinn two years
ɤi maighdean, greim, coibhneil, oighre, coilltean, broinn bite (Scotland)
Suprasegmentals
IPA Example Explanation
ˈ uinneag [ˈɯɲak] primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
. naidheachd [ˈn̪ˠɛ.əxk] syllable break
◌̃ samhradh [ˈs̪ãũɾəɣ] nasal vowel

Varying IPA conventions

Materials published elsewhere use somewhat different conventions from those used at Wiki English. Most systems vary from pure IPA, particularly those used in Celtic Studies. The following table lists some of the variations commonly encountered. If an IPA symbol is not in the table below, the source uses the same symbol as above.

Borgstrøm (1937)
(Barra)
Borgstrøm (1940)
(Outer Hebrides)
Oftedal (1956)
(Lewis)
Ó Murchú (1989)
(East Perthshire)
Cox (2002)
(Lewis)
Ó Maolalaigh (2008)
(over-regional)
Black (2006)
(over-regional)
Klevenhaus (2009)
Bauer (2011)
(both over-regional)
ç ç ç′ ç x′ ç ç ç ç
ʝ j j′ ǰ ɣ′ ʝ j j ʝ
k g̊, k g̬, k g ɡ g g g, k g
g̊′, k′ g̬′, k′ ǵ ɡ′ g̭' gʲ, kʲ
k k k k k k
kʲʰ k′ʽ k′ʽ k′ k′
l̪ˠ L L L ɬ L ɫ̪ L L
ʎ L′ L′ L′ L′ ʎ
l l′ l′ l l l l l l
n̪ˠ N N N N ᵰ̪ N N
ɲ N′ N′ N′ N′ ɲ
p b̥, p b̬, p b b b b b, p b
p p p p p p
R R, Ṛ R R R R
ɾ r r r r r r r r
ɾʲ r′ r′, ð′ ð ð
s s s s s s s s
ʃ ʃ ʃ ʃ š ʃ ʃ ʃ ʃ
d̥, t d̬, t d d d d, t d
d̥′ž, d̥′, t′ d̬′ž, d̬′, t′ d′ ǰ d′ dʲ, tʲ
t̪ʰ t t t t t
tʲʰ tʽ′ʃ, tʽ′ tʽ′ʃ, tʽ′ t′ č t′
ɯ ʎ ʎ ɯ ɯ ɯ ɯ ʎ ɯ
ɤ ø ø ə ɤ ɤ ɤ ə ɤ
ɛ ɛ, æ ɛ, æ ɛ ɛ ɛ ɛ ɛ ɛ
a a a a ɑ a a a a

Notes

See also

Tags:

International Phonetic AlphabetScottish GaelicTemplate:IPAWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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