Scottish Gaelic Phonology - Vowels

Vowels

The following is a chart of the monophthong vowel phonemes appearing in Scottish Gaelic:

Scottish Gaelic vowel phonemes
Front Near-front Central Back
Close i ɯ u
Near-close ɪ
Close-mid e ɤ o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

All vowel phonemes except for and can be both long (ː) and short.

Read more about this topic:  Scottish Gaelic Phonology

Famous quotes containing the word vowels:

    “Playing “bop” is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.”
    —Duke Ellington (1899–1974)

    “These equal syllables alone require,
    Though oft the ear the open vowels tire;”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “As no one can tell what was the Roman pronunciation, each nation makes the Latin conform, for the most part, to the rules of its own language; so that with us of the vowels only A has a peculiar sound.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)