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Irish (Gaoth Dobhair)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Celtic
Lat/lon: 55.0743443, -8.2941873
ISO code: gle
Consonants
Basic short series
| labio-velar | alveolar | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | | | | c, ɟ | k, g | |
| fricative | | | ɕ | ç | x, ɣ | h |
| nasal | | n | | ɲ | ŋ | |
| approximant | w | | | j | | |
| lateral approximant | | l | | | | |
Short velarised series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar |
| stop | pˠ, bˠ | | t̪ˠ, d̪ˠ | |
| tap | | | | ɾˠ |
| fricative | | fˠ | | sˠ |
| nasal | mˠ | | n̪ˠ | |
| lateral approximant | | | l̪ˠ | |
Short palatalised series
| bilabial | labio-dental | alveolar |
| stop | pʲ, bʲ | | t̠ʲ, d̠ʲ |
| tap | | | ɾʲ |
| fricative | | fʲ, vʲ | |
| nasal | mʲ | | n̠ʲ |
| lateral approximant | | | l̠ʲ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | i | | u |
| near-close | ɪ | | |
| close-mid | e | | o, ɤ |
| open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ, ʌ |
| near-open | æ | | |
| open | | a | |
Diphthongs
/ia/, /ua/, /au/
Source: Ní Chasaide, Ailbhe. 1999. Irish. Handbook of the International Phonetic Association, 111-116. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Contributed by: Anton Kukhto (kukhto@mit.edu)