Transcriptions of Broad and Slender Consonants
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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 |
