Scottish Gaelic Phonology - Orthography

Orthography

The orthography is as follows:

A table of vowels with pronunciations in the IPA

Spelling	Pronunciation	Scottish English equivalents	As in
a, á	,	cat	bata, ás
à, a		father/calm	bàta, barr
e	,	get	le, teth
è, é	,	wary, late/lady	gnè, dé
i	,	tin, sweet	sin, ith
ì, i		evil, machine	mìn, binn
o	,	top	poca, bog
ò, o, ó	,	jaw, boat/go	pòcaid, corr, mór
u		brute	Tur
ù, u		brewed	tùr, cum

The English equivalents given are approximate, and refer most closely to the Scottish pronunciation of Standard English. The vowel most commonly found in 'Southern' English cat is not but, just as the in English father is . The "a" in English late in Scottish English is the pure vowel rather than the more general diphthong . The same is true for the "o" in English boat, in Scottish English, instead of the diphthong .