IPA For Irish
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Irish language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Irish phonology for detailed discussion of the phonology of Irish.
| Consonants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| broad | slender | English approximations | |||
| IPA | Example | IPA | Example | ||
| bˠ | bain, scuab | bʲ | béal, cnáib | boot; beautiful | |
| d̪ˠ | dorn, nead | dʲ | dearg, cuid | do (but dental), though in Hiberno-English; dew | |
| fˠ | fós, graf pholl |
fʲ | fíon, stuif phríosún |
fool; fuel | |
| ɡ | gasúr, bog | ɟ | geata, carraig | goose; argue | |
| ɣ | dhorn ghasúr |
j | dhearg gheata |
(no equivalent); yellow | |
| h | Shasana, shean thaisce, theanga hata, na héisc |
hand | |||
| k | cáis, mac | c | ceist, mic | coot; cute | |
| l̪ˠ | labhair, balla | l̠ʲ | leabhair, goilleadh | filth; million | |
| lˠ | fhlaith, bealach | lʲ | fhleasc, goile | pool; leaf | |
| mˠ | mór, am | mʲ | milis, im | moot; mute | |
| n̪ˠ | naoi, donna | n̠ʲ | ní, bainne | tenth; inch | |
| nˠ | dona | nʲ | bainis | noon; new | |
| ŋ | ngasúr | ɲ | ngeata | long; angular | |
| pˠ | poll, stop | pʲ | príosún, truip | poor; pure | |
| ɾˠ | rí, cuairt, barr, cairr | ɾʲ | fhréamh, tirim | rule (but tapped); real (but tapped) | |
| sˠ | Sasana, tús, speal | ʃ | sean, cáis | soon; sheet | |
| t̪ˠ | taisce, ceart | tʲ | tír, beirt | tool (but dental), thorn in Hiberno-English; tune | |
| w | bhain, dubh mhór, léamh vóta |
vʲ | bhéal, sibh mhilis, nimh veidhlín |
woo; view | |
| x | cháis, taoiseach | ç | cheist, deich | loch (Scottish English); hue (pronounced strongly) | |
| Vowels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | English approximation | |
| a | mac | trap | |
| aː | tá | llama | |
| ɛ | ceist | best | |
| eː | mé, Gael | pay | |
| ɪ | ith, duine | kit | |
| iː | mín | mean | |
| ɔ | olc, deoch | cloth | |
| oː | bó, ceol | roll | |
| ʊ | dubh, fliuch | good | |
| uː | tú | too | |
| ə | solas, milis | sofa | |
| iə | bia | idea | |
| uə | fuar | truant | |
| əi | saghas | light | |
| əu | leabhar | about | |
| Supersegmentals | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Explanation | |
| ˈ | Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable); usually the first syllable except in Munster |
|
| ˌ | Secondary stress (usually found only in compounds) | |
Read more about IPA For Irish: Comparison To Other Phonetic Transcription Schemes
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