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== Notes on transcription == | == Notes on transcription == | ||
Since Irta Irish has different dialects and orthographies depending on location, we'll generally use the following phonetic orthography to transcribe Irish: | Since Irta Irish has different dialects and orthographies depending on location, we'll generally use the following phonetic orthography to transcribe Irish: | ||
(/ denotes a broad/slender pair.) | |||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
a ia ā | (Irta and CF Trician Irish both have 5 phonemic vowel qualities.) | ||
oe e oē ē | a/ia ā/i | ||
y i ȳ ī | oe/e oē/ē | ||
o io ō iō | y/i ȳ/ī | ||
u iu ū iū | o/io ō/iō | ||
īe ūo īa aj oj/ej aw ow/ew | u/iu ū/iū | ||
īe ūo īa aj/iaj oj/ej aw/iaw ow/ew | |||
a = broad ə, e = slender ə (written as y/i when pronounced as [ɪ]) | a = broad ə, e = slender ə (written as y/i when pronounced as [ɪ]) | ||
ı = soft sign | ı = soft sign |
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