gaeilge
 
Irish
gaeilge [LangPhonology]
Irish Phonology

EXPLANATION

gaeilge [LangPhonologyText]

These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Irish language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
PLOSIVE
[1]
[2]
[4]
k[5]
c[6]
[7]
[8]
[10]
ɡ[11]
ɟ[12]
FRICATIVE
[13]
[14]
x[17]
ç[18]
h[19]
[21]
ɣ[22]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
[15]
ʃ[16]
APPROXIMANT
w[20]
j[23]
NASAL
[24]
[25]
n̪ˠ[26]
[27]
ŋ[28]
ɲ[29]
TAP
ɾˠ[30]
ɾʲ[31]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l̪ˠ[32]
[33]

END OF Irish PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
 
velarized
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
2
 
palatalized
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
3
t̪ˠ
 
velarized
voiceless
dental
plosive
4
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
5
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
6
c
 
voiceless
palatal
plosive
7
 
velarized
voiced
bilabial
plosive
8
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
d̪ˠ
 
velarized
voiced
dental
plosive
10
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
plosive
11
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
12
ɟ
 
voiced
palatal
plosive
13
 
velarized
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
14
 
palatalized
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
15
 
velarized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
16
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
17
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
18
ç
 
voiceless
palatal
fricative
19
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
20
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant
21
 
palatalized
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
22
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
23
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
24
 
velarized
voiced
bilabial
nasal
25
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
nasal
26
n̪ˠ
 
velarized
voiced
dental
nasal
27
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
nasal
28
ŋ
 
voiced
velar
nasal
29
ɲ
 
voiced
palatal
nasal
30
ɾˠ
 
velarized
voiced
alveolar
tap
31
ɾʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
tap
32
l̪ˠ
 
velarized
voiced
dental
lateral approximant
33
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN