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We begin here, after an overview of Irish phonology, by examining basic orthographic rules of Irish for both single letters and digraphs, and then consider phonological rules that systematically alter pronunciations from what the orthographic rules alone would lead one to expect.
Jul 26, 2016 · We identify both basic orthographic rules and a few phonological rules that systematically alter pronunciations from those expected based on the orthographic norms. While comparison of Irish...
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- 1. The Representation of Consonants
- Caitr ́ıona bu ́ıdeach
- 2. The Surface Realization Of Palatalized Vs. Nonpalatalized Consonants
- 4. The Surface Realization of Lenited Consonants
- 5. The Representation of Vowels
Irish consonants occur in pairs of palatalized (slender) vs. nonpalatalized (broad). The only exception to this generalization is /h/, which has no palatalized counterpart. In the orthography, both palatalized and nonpalatalized consonants are represented via the consonant symbols shown below: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Bilabia...
/k∂t’r’i:n∂/ /bi:d’ax/ and o are diacritic and e are diacritic
Palatalized consonants are pronounced in the way one might expect, except that palatalized s is [∫] and palatalized bh/mh is /v’/. In general, palatalization is more audible before back vowels. Nonpalatalized consonants also display secondary features of articulation. Nonpalatalized labials are labialized before a front vowel. Nonpalatalized dental...
Though the list above gives the basic pronunciation of lenited consonants, there are a few curiosities worth noting. Before the liquids r and l, the lenited forms bh and mh are realized as the voiced bilabial fricative /β/. Similarly, before r and l, dh and gh are realized as a voiced palatal fricative (which can be characterized impressionisticall...
The vowel inventory contains five long vowels, the corresponding five short vowels, plus schwa (/∂/). There are also two diphtongs and a triphthong. In the orthography, vowel length is marked by the acute accent. The chart below gives a rough summary of how vowels other than /∂/ are represented: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii c c Short c Fro...
Presently there are three main dialects in the Irish language: Munster (An Mhumháin ), Connnacht (Connachta) also Ulster (Ulaidh) The Munster dialect is spoken mainly in Kerry (Ciarraí) & Muskerry (Múscraí) in the western part of Cork (Contae Chorcai) Connacht dialect is spoken mainly in Connamara (Conamara), the Aran Islands (Oiléain ...
1. The Irish language today 3 1.1. Irish and the government of Ireland 4 1.2. Irish and the European Union 5 1.3. Irish as an official language 5 1.4. The Irish language in modern Ireland 6 2. Who speaks Irish? 9 2.1. Census 2006 – Irish Language 11 2.2. Use of Irish and the Gaeltacht areas 13 2.3. Shifts in language use 15 2.4.
Jul 26, 2016 · This article presents an analysis of Irish orthography, based on the most frequent words in a corpus of children’s literature in Irish. We identify both basic orthographic rules and a few phonological rules that systematically alter pronunciations from those expected based on the orthographic norms.
Aug 29, 2011 · Starting with information on the sociolinguistics of modern Irish and on the overall sound system of the language, it then proceeds with a tripartite division of the present-day language into northern, western and southern Irish.
