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Scottish Gaelic (Lewis)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Celtic

Lat/lon: 58.2185289, -6.4392309

ISO code: gla

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, ptʰ, tkʰ, k
tapɾ
fricativef, vsʃçx, ɣh
nasalmn
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarvelar
stoppʰʲ, pʲtʰʲ, tʲkʰʲ, kʲ
fricativeðʲɣʲ
nasal
lateral approximant

Short velarised series

alveolar
tapɾˠ
nasal
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu, ɯ
close-mideo, ɤ
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeuː, ɯː
close-midoː, ɤː
open-midɛːɔː
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
near-closeɪ̃
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃
open

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeũː, ɯ̃ː
near-closeɪ̃ː
open-midɛ̃ːɔ̃ː
openãː

Diphthongs

/ai/, /ɛi/, /ei/, /ui/, /ɤi/, /au/, /ɔu/, /iə/, /ia/, /iɛ/, /uə/, /ua/, /uɛ/, /ii/, /u̠u/, /ɛ̃ũ/, /ẽɪ̃/, /ãũ/, /ũã/, /ɪ̃ə̃/

Source: Ladefoged, Peter et al. 1998. Phonetic Structures of Scottish Gaelic. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 28: 1-41.

Contributed by: Anton Kukhto (kukhto@mit.edu)