Orthography - Revision history

AndrewCarnie at 20:55, 6 August 2012

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‎Fricatives

AndrewCarnie at 09:04, 16 September 2009

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JessamynSchertz at 19:03, 13 September 2009

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JessamynSchertz at 03:06, 13 September 2009

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-Some general principles for reading Scottish Gaelic orthography are addressed below; however, be aware that there are many exceptions to the following 'rules.'  For a more detailed treatment, see the website akerbeltz.org [http://www.akerbeltz.org/fuaimean/fuaimean.htm], a very thorough and accessible reference which includes rules, word lists, and corresponding sound files.
+Written Scottish Gaelic uses the Roman alphabet, and includes the consonants b, c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, and t and the vowels a, e, i, o, and u.  Grave accent marks are used to denote long vowels, while acute accents were used in older texts (but have been abandoned in modern writing) to differentiate different qualities of 'e' and 'o.'
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 '''Long vowels''' are indicated by a grave accent (à, è, ì, ò, ù).  When a vowel has an accent mark, that vowel is pronounced, and any adjacent vowels are used for determining the broadness/slenderness of neighboring consonants.
-An acute accent is used on 'e' and 'o' (é, ó) in older texts to indicate a slightly different vowel quality.  However, this distinction is no longer used in writing.
+An acute accent is used on 'e' and 'o' (é, ó) in older texts to indicate a slightly different vowel quality.  The distinction still exists, although some dialects may be losing it (Gillies 1993); however, this distinction is no indicated by the orthography.
 Hiatus is often indicated by a silent 'bh,' 'mh,' 'dh,' 'gh,' or occasionally 'th' between two vowels.
 In closed, unstressed syllables, short vowels are pronounced [ə] (or [ɪ]), and long vowels and dipthongs are pronounced [a].  In open unstressed syllables, [i] and [u] can also occur.
 Below is a chart of graphemes with corresponding options for the pronunciation of vowels and dipthongs in IPA.  While these are the most common options, keep in mind that there are exceptions.

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