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pʲʰ pʷˠʰ | bʲ bʷˠ | t̪ʰ | d̪ | tʰ | d | kʰ kʲʰ | ɡ ɡʲ |
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mʲ mʷˠ | n̪ | n̥ʲ n̥ˠ | nʲ nˠ | n̠ | ŋ ŋʲ |
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l̪ˠ | l̥ʲ l̥ˠ | lʲ lˠ | l̠ |
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Selected languages: | Irish |
UPSID number: | 2001 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Indo-European, Celtic, Goidelic |
The languages has | 69 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [pʷˠʰ] [bʷˠ] [pʲʰ] [bʲ] [t̪ʰ] [d̪] [tʰ] [d] [kʲʰ] [ɡʲ] [kʰ] [ɡ] [s] [ʃ] [ɸʷˠ] [ɸʲ] [βʲ] [ç] [x] [ɣ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [ɾ̊ʲ] [ɾʲ] [ɾ̊ˠ] [ɾˠ] [l̪ˠ] [l̥ʲ] [lʲ] [l̥ˠ] [lˠ] [l̠] [w] [j] [mʷˠ] [mʲ] [n̪] [n̥ʲ] [nʲ] [n̥ˠ] [nˠ] [n̠] [ŋʲ] [ŋ] [ɪ̃] [ĩː] [ʊ̃] [ũː] [ẽː] [õː] [ẽ̞] [õ] [ä̃] [ɑ̃ː] [ɪ] [iː] [ʊ] [uː] [eː] [oː] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [ɑː] [iə] [əi] [əu] [uə] [h] |
Comments: | Irish is spoken in the Western Isles northwest |
Sources: | Mhac An Fhailigh, E. 1968. The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo. Sommerfelt, A. 1964. Consonant clusters or single phonemes The Christian Brothers. 1905. Aids to the pronunciation of |