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 |
| Broad Consonants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | IPA | Valve Phoneme | Phonetic Example | Notes |
| b | /bˠ/ | B | broom | |
| c | /k/ | K | cut, key | |
| d | /d̪ˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| f | /fˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| g | /ɡ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| h | /h/ | HH | honey, hello | |
| l | /l/; also frequently /l̪ˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| ll | /l̪ˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| m | /mˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| n | /nˠ/; also frequently /n̪ˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| p | /pˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| r | /ɾˠ/ | ?? | ?? | always broad word-initially; always broad in rd, rl, rn, rr, rs, rt, rth, sr |
| s | /sˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| t | /t̪ˠ/ | ?? | ?? | |
| v | /w/~/vˠ/ | ?? | ?? | loan consonant |
| z | /zˠ/ | <AudioButton>Test.mp3</AudioButton> | ?? | loan consonant |