Basic Irish Letters
| Vowels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | IPA | Valve Phoneme | Phonetic Example |
| a | /a/ | AA | father, spa |
| á | /ɑ:/ | AO | call, far |
| e | /ɛ/ | EH | tell, get |
| é | /e:/ | EY | bait, pay |
| i | /ɪ/ | IH | in, hit |
| í | /i:/ | IY | tree, mean, he |
| o | /ɔ/ | AH | tug, wonder |
| ó | /o:/ | OW | roll, toe, road |
| u | /ʌ/ | UH | good, pull |
| ú | /u:/ | UW | too, rude |