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Ro-ràdh
Vowels
Consonants
Fricatives
Slenderisation
Lenition
Pre-aspiration
Diphthongs
Helping Vowel
Hiatus
L, N, R
RT & RD
Vowels before
rr, ll, nn
Unstressed Vowels
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RT
& RD
Related to preaspiration is the
insertion of [ʃ] between
r and a following
t in stressed
syllables (and also between r and
d in some dialects).
Listen carefully to the following examples:
Download rtrd
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ɹʃt |
ceart, ort,
port |
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ɹʃt |
àrd, bòrd,
òrd |
| Some
speakers pronounce rd groups without inserting an
[ʃ]. Listen
to the examples without an [ʃ]. |
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ɹd |
àrd, bòrd,
òrd |
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