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 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 inntinn [inːʤɪn] Diardaoin, line 2 mind
d an-diugh [anʤuh] Diardaoin, line 1 today
c ceart gu [kʰɛɾʃku] Diardaoin, line 6 right (adv)
g choireigin [hɤɾeikɪn] Diardaoin, line 2 some point
sgillinn [skɪlʲɛn] Diardaoin, line 6 shilling loan word?
ph
ch
dh/gh dhèidhinn [jon̩] Diardaoin, line 4 around
dhen [jɪnə] Diardaoin, line 6 of the between-word epenthesis?
mh/bh mheud [vʲut] Diardaoin, line 5 amount
s sibh [ʃɛv] Diardaoin, line1 you.plural
tòiseachadh [toʒəxə] Diardaoin, line 3 begin.vn
mise [miʃɛ] Diardaoin, line 4 I (emphatic)

See also