Transcriptions of Broad and Slender Consonants

Following are transcriptions (each word will be transcribed by two people) of broad and slender consonants in Scottish Gaelic.

The sound files come from a native speaker of the Skye dialect.

Broad Consonants

Grapheme	Orthography	Transcription 1	Transcription 2	Source	Gloss/Notes
p
b	botal	[poʰtəlˠ]		Dihaoine 3	'bottle'
	sabaid	[sapat]		Dihaoine 11	'fighting
t	taingeil	[t̪ʰain̪gələ]		Dihaoine 1	'grateful'
d	duine	[t̪uɲə]		Dihaoine 7	'man'
	dad	[tʰat]		Dihaoine 13	'thing'
c	tha aca	[ha:ʰkə]		Dihaoine 13	'be at.3pl'
g	againn	[akʰɨn]		Dihaoine 11	'at.1pl'
ph	phrìseil	[fɾi:ʃəl]		Dihaoine 15	'precious'
ch	cheannach	[çanax]		Dihaoine 3	'buy.past'
dh/gh	dhuinn	[ɣuin]		Dihaoine 12	'valuable'
s	fios	[fis]		Dihaoine 7	'knowledge'
	sabaid	[sapat]		Dihaoine 11	'fighting'
Tense R
Lax r	dearbh	[ʤɛɾəv]		Dihaoine 15	'certain'
	leòr	[ljor]		Dihaoine 1	'much'
Tense N	nuair	[nuəɾ]		Dihaoine 4	'when'
Lax n
Tense L	allt	[aulˠt]		Dihaoine 6	'stream'
Lax l	botal	[poʰtəlˠ]		Dihaoine 3	'bottle'
	lathaichean	[lˠauaiçən]		Dihaoine 5	'days'

See also

• Sounds of Scottish Gaelic
• Broad and Slender
• Lenition