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This dialect is most prominent in and around the Óc Eo metropolitan area. | This dialect is most prominent in and around the Óc Eo metropolitan area. | ||
*''l'' pronounced as a uvular nasal. | *''l'' pronounced as a uvular nasal. | ||
*''r'' = [l] in all positions | |||
*Word-final ''-ig'' and ''-igh'' pronounced as [-ɪç]. | *Word-final ''-ig'' and ''-igh'' pronounced as [-ɪç]. | ||
*/ʉ, ɵ/ are fully back [uː, oː]. | */ʉ, ɵ/ are fully back [uː, oː]. | ||
*/ɛ, œ/ > [ɪ, ɨ] | |||
===Abhthaimh accent=== | ===Abhthaimh accent=== | ||
Stereotypically associated with "backwardsness" | |||
*/e:, øː/ = [eə, øə] | */e:, øː/ = [eə, øə] | ||
*/ɛj, œj/ | */ɛj, œj/ = [ɛ: œ:] | ||
*''r'' | *''r'' is pronounced as a bunched American /r/, which retracts front vowels /ɪ, ɛ/ to /ɨ, ɜ/. | ||
*/ʉ:/ and /ɵ:/ are diphthongized to [ʉu] and [ɵu]. | */ʉ:/ and /ɵ:/ are diphthongized to [ʉu] and [ɵu]. | ||
===Túmacaimh accent=== | ===Túmacaimh accent=== | ||
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*/n, ʟ, ɾ/ distinguish between "fortis" or unlenited [n̪, ɫ, r] and "lenis" or lenited [ð̞̃, ʀ, ɻ]. | */n, ʟ, ɾ/ distinguish between "fortis" or unlenited [n̪, ɫ, r] and "lenis" or lenited [ð̞̃, ʀ, ɻ]. | ||
*''th, dh'' are [θ, ð] word-initially and become [h, l] word-finally. | *''th, dh'' are [θ, ð] word-initially and become [h, l] word-finally. | ||
*No Auslautverhärtung at all. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||