Unstressed vowels - Eachdraidh nam mùthaidhean

Akerbeltz 15:30, 16 dhen Fhaoilleach 2016

2016-01-16T15:30:19Z

Susanharris 03:47, 17 dhen Lùnastal 2013

2013-08-17T03:47:14Z

Susanharris: /* [ɪ] & [ə] */

2013-08-16T09:45:16Z

[ɪ] & [ə]

Susanharris 09:11, 16 dhen Lùnastal 2013

2013-08-16T09:11:19Z

Susanharris 09:04, 16 dhen Lùnastal 2013

2013-08-16T09:04:44Z

Akerbeltz: /* [a] */

2011-11-22T13:51:51Z

[a]

Akerbeltz: /* [a] */

2011-11-22T13:51:23Z

[a]

Akerbeltz: /* [a] */

2011-11-22T13:51:05Z

[a]

Akerbeltz: /* [ɪ] & [ə] */

2011-11-22T13:50:48Z

[ɪ] & [ə]

Akerbeltz: /* [ɪ] */

2011-11-22T13:45:32Z

[ɪ]

@@ Loidhne 12: / Loidhne 12: @@
 When it occurs on the second syllable, this is often indicated by means of a hyphen:
-[[File:Unstressed01.ogg|noicon|90px]]
+[[File:unstressed01.mp3]]<br />
 {| style="width: 40%;" border="0"
@@ Loidhne 41: / Loidhne 41: @@
 ==[ə]==
-[[File:Unstressed02.ogg|noicon|90px]]
+[[File:unstressed02.mp3]]<br />
 {| style="width: 40%;" border="0"
 |-
@@ Loidhne 75: / Loidhne 75: @@
 ==[ɪ] & [ə]==
-[[File:Unstressed03.ogg|noicon|90px]]
+[[File:unstressed03.mp3]]<br />
 {| style="width: 40%;" border="0"
 |-
@@ Loidhne 126: / Loidhne 126: @@
 ==[a]==
-[[File:Unstressed04.ogg|noicon|90px]]
+[[File:unstressed04.mp3]]<br />
 {| style="width: 40%;" border="0"
 |-

@@ Loidhne 20: / Loidhne 20: @@
 | '''[əNʲ'ʃɔ]''' || <span style="color: #008000;">'''an-seo'''</span> || here
 |-
-| '''[əNʲ'ʃid]''' || <span style="color: #008000;">'''an-siud'''</span> || yonder
+| '''[əNʲ'ʃud]''' || <span style="color: #008000;">'''an-siud'''</span> || yonder
 |-
 | '''[ə'sdɯj]''' || <span style="color: #008000;">'''a-staigh'''</span> || inside (location)

@@ Loidhne 122: / Loidhne 122: @@
 |-
 |  || '''[ĩːʃə]''' || <span style="color: #008000;">inns<strong>e</strong></span> || telling
 |-
 |}

@@ Loidhne 5: / Loidhne 5: @@
 The first two are by far the most common.
-<ol><li>[ə] occurs before (phonetically) broad consonants and in final positions after broad consonants</li><li>[ɪ] occurs before (phonetically) slender consonants and in final positions after slender consonants</li><li>[a] occurs frequently but Scottish Gaelic spelling does not indicate it. Such instances must be noted and learnt as you go along.</li></ol>
+<ol><li>[ə] occurs before (phonetically) broad consonants and in final position after broad consonants</li><li>[ɪ] occurs before (phonetically) slender consonants and in final position after slender consonants</li><li>[a] occurs frequently but Scottish Gaelic spelling does not indicate it. Such instances must be noted and learnt as you go along.</li></ol>
 When it is somewhere else, the spelling normally indicates that, somehow.

@@ Loidhne 1: / Loidhne 1: @@
-Stress (the "emphasis") in Gaelic usually falls on the first syllable of a words. It follows that all vowels in second and subsequent syllables are unstressed.  Long vowels never occur unstressed in Scottish Gaelic.  Generally speaking, there are only three vowels which occur unstressed in Gaelic.  These are:
+In Gaelic, the stress (emphasis) usually falls on the first syllable of a word. It follows that all vowels in second and subsequent syllables are unstressed.  In Scottish Gaelic, long vowels never occur unstressed..  Generally speaking, there are only three vowels which occur unstressed in Gaelic.  These are:
 <ol><li>an obscure vowel [ə] like ''e'' in ''the''</li><li>an [ɪ] vowel similar to ''i'' in ''bit''</li><li>a clear [a] vowel like ''a'' in ''cat'' in Scottish English</li></ol>
@@ Loidhne 5: / Loidhne 5: @@
 The first two are by far the most common.
-<ol><li>[ə] occurs before (phonetically) broad consonants and finally after broad consonants</li><li>[ɪ] occurs before (phonetically) slender consonants and finally after slender consonants</li><li>[a] occurs frequently but Scottish Gaelic spelling does not indicate it. Such instances must be noted and learnt as you go along.</li></ol>
+<ol><li>[ə] occurs before (phonetically) broad consonants and in final positions after broad consonants</li><li>[ɪ] occurs before (phonetically) slender consonants and in final positions after slender consonants</li><li>[a] occurs frequently but Scottish Gaelic spelling does not indicate it. Such instances must be noted and learnt as you go along.</li></ol>
-When it is somewhere else, the spelling normally indicates that somehow.
+When it is somewhere else, the spelling normally indicates that, somehow.
 ==Hyphens==
-When it occurs on the second syllable, this is often indicated by means of a hyphen e.g.
+When it occurs on the second syllable, this is often indicated by means of a hyphen:
 [[File:Unstressed01.ogg|noicon|90px]]

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 |}
-----
+<br />
 {{Fuaimean}}

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 |  || '''[fɯːlag]''' || <span style="color: #008000;">faoil<strong>ea</strong>g</span> || seagull
 |-
 ----
 {{Fuaimean}}

← Mùthadh nas sine		Mùthadh on 13:50, 22 dhen t-Samhain 2011
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	\|-		\|-
	\|}		\|}
		+
		+	==[a]==
		+	[[File:Unstressed04.ogg\|noicon\|90px]]
		+	{\| style="width: 40%;" border="0"
		+	\|-
		+	\| colspan="4" \| <strong>[a] from <span style="color: #008000;">(a)i, (e)a</span> like ''a'' in ''cat'' (Scottish English only)</strong>
		+	\|-
		+	\| a \|\| '''[kLaxan]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">clach<strong>a</strong>n</span> \|\| settlement
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| '''[ɔːran]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">òr<strong>a</strong>n</span> \|\| song
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| '''[sbɔran]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">spor<strong>a</strong>n</span> \|\| 1 sporran 2 wallet
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| '''[moːrag]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">Mór<strong>a</strong>g</span> \|\| Morag
		+	\|-
		+	\| ai \|\| '''[faLaNʲ]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">fall<strong>ai</strong>n</span> \|\| healthy
		+	\|-
		+	\| ea \|\| '''[ɯNʲag]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">uinn<strong>ea</strong>g</span> \|\| window
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| '''[elan]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">eil<strong>ea</strong>n</span> \|\| island
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| '''[alan]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">Ail<strong>ea</strong>n</span> \|\| Allen
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| '''[kalag]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">cail<strong>ea</strong>g</span> \|\| girl, lass
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| '''[fɯːlag]''' \|\| <span style="color: #008000;">faoil<strong>ea</strong>g</span> \|\| seagull
		+	\|-
		+
		+	{{Fuaimean}}

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 |}
-==[ɪ]==
+==[ɪ] & [ə]==
 [[File:Unstressed03.ogg|noicon|90px]]
 {| style="width: 40%;" border="0"
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 |-
 |  || '''[paːRLəmɪdʲ]''' || <span style="color: #008000;">pàrlam<strong>ai</strong>d</span> || parliament
 |-
 |}