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The Phonetic Text.
Phonetic Spelling. | Ordinary Spelling. | English. | |
eei | eeisjg | éisg | of a fish |
i | min | min | meal |
ï or ii | sjï | sí | she |
o | qos | cos | foot |
oo | boo | bó | cow |
ou | qoul | ca bh-fhuil | where is? |
oi | oiărq | adharc | a horn |
u | muq | muc | a pig |
uu | tuu | tú | thou |
ă, ĕ, ǐ, ŏ, ŭ, are obscure sounds of the ordinary short vowels, ă occurs frequently, the others rarely. i final has the value of y in English “city.”
b | baan | bán | white |
d | madu | madadh | a dog |
dj | djæs | deas | pretty |
dd | meeădd-sjin | meud-sin | all that[1] |
f | fis | fios | knowledge |
fj | fjuu | fiú | worth |
g (slender g) | gæær | geárr | short |
c (broad g) | cas | gas | stalk |
ç (broad asp.) | mŏ çort | mŏ ghort | my field |
h | huc | thug | took |
hj | mŏ hjool | mŏ sheól | my sail |
j | mŏ jæærher[2] | mo dhearbhráthair | my brother |
k (slender c). | kool | ceól | music[3] |
q (broad c). | qos | cos | foot |
x (q asp.) | xirj | chuir | put[4] |
l | lee | lé | with |
lj | balje | baile | town |
ll | llonc | long | ship |
llj | lljæbwi | leaba | bed |
m | maq | mac | son |
n | noos | nós | custom |
nj | njïr | nior | neither |
nn | bonn | bonn | bottom |