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	cupa	[kupʰə]		Diardaoin, line3	cup loan word?
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	rudan	[ruʔn̩]		Diardaoin, line 2	things
Lax r	dearbh	[ʤɛɾəv]		Dihaoine 15	certain
	leòr	[ljor]		Dihaoine 1	much
	faireachdainn	[fɛːɾaxɡu]		Diardaoin, line 5	feelings
Tense N	nuair	[nuəɾ]		Dihaoine 4	when
Lax n	rudan	[ruʔn̩]		Diardaoin, line 2	things
Tense L	allt	[aulˠt]		Dihaoine 6	stream
Lax l	botal	[poʰtəlˠ]		Dihaoine 3	bottle
	lathaichean	[lˠauaiçən]		Dihaoine 5	days
	falbh	[falˠav]		Diardaoin, line 2	leave

Slender Consonants

Grapheme	Orthography	Transcription 1	Transcription 2	Source	Gloss/Notes
p
b
t
d
c
g
ph
ch
dh/gh
s

See also

• Sounds of Scottish Gaelic
• Broad and Slender
• Lenition