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Irish Pronunciation Guide

last edited 5th/aug/2018

WORD STRESS

All words are strongly accented on the first syllable, except for a few common words with an unstressed prefix.

VOWELS

LONG (vowels with a fada – an accent)

á pronounced “aw” — as in “awesome”

é pronounced “ey” — as in “hey”

í pronounced “ee” — as in “bee”

ó pronounced “oh” — as in “banjo”

ú pronounced “oo” — as in “kangaroo”

vowel combinations (long sounding)

ae pronounced “ey” (similar to é)

eo pronounced “oh” (similar to ó)

ao pronounced “ey” or “ee” depending on dialect (similar to é / í)

SHORT

a pronounced “ah” — as in “cat”

e pronounced “eh” — as in “went”

i pronounced “ih” — as in “in”

o pronounced “ow” — as in “goat”

u pronounced “uh” — as in “put”

ea pronounced “ah” — as in “cat”

Short vowels are given their full pronunciation ONLY in the first syllable of a word. In all other syllables, they are all reduced to the neutral “uh” sound — as in “but”.

VOWELS + CONSONANTS

The “ow” sound (as in clown)

abha pronounced “ow”

amh pronounced “ow”

The “eye” sound

agha pronounced “eye”

adh pronounced “eye”

CONSONANTS

Except for “h”, all Irish consonants are either “broad” or “slender”.

Broad consonants are always written with the letters a, o, or u next to them.

Slender consonants are always written with the letters i or e next to them.

Broad consonants are pronounced with a “-w” off-glide.

Slender consonants are pronounced with a “-y” off-glide.

Examples:

Slender “b”

Beo (byoh) – b is slender so a b+y sound, eo has a “oh” sound, therefore byoh

bí (bee) – b is slender so has a b+y sound, í has a “ee” sound, therefore bee

Broad “b”

bó (boh) b is broad so a b+w sound, ó is a “oh” sound, therefore boh

buí (bwee) b is broad so a b+w sound, u is a “uh” sound, í is a ee sound, therefore bwee

The difference between “beo” and “bó” is only the y-glide heard in “beo”. Likewise, the difference between “bí” and “buí” is only the w-glide heard in “buí”.

Here is a list of combinations, which can be either broad of slender, depending on the adjacent vowels:

bh (broad) = w

bh (slender) = v

ch (broad) = ch as in “loch” (k sound)

ch (slender) = ch as in “h”

dh (broad) = gh as in “girl” (usually silent except at beginning of words.)

dh (slender) = y

fh (broad) = silent

fh (slender) = silent

gh (broad) = same as broad dh

gh (slender) = y

mh (broad) = w

mh (slender) = v

ph (broad) = fw

ph (slender) = fy

sh (broad) = h

sh (slender) = h

th (broad) = h

th (slender) = h

URÚ (ECLIPSES)

Eclipses are letters added to the beginning of a word depending on the context. In every case of eclipses pronounce the first consonant and ignore the second, except for “ng”. 

mb = “m” sound

gc = “g” sound

nd = “n” sound

bhf = “w” (or sometimes v)

ng = “ng” as in “king”

bp = “b”

dt = “d”

TRY IT YOURSELF!

File (poet) – FIH-leh (emphasis on the first syllable)

Draoi (druid)

Filíocht (poety)

Draíocht (magic)

Bean sí (fairy woman)

Samhain (November)

Oíche Shamhna (Samhain eve – Halloween)

Bealtaine (May)

Lúnasa (August)

Cara (friend)

Dia (god)

Slán (goodbye)

For answers see here!

Sources: [X] [X] [X] [X] Listening: [X] [X] Complete pronunciation guide on wikipedia

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Castle In The Sky (1986) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Only Yesterday (1991) Porco Rosso (1992) Pom Poko (1994) Whisper of the Heart (1995) Princess Mononoke (1997) My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) Spirited Away (2001) The Cat Returns (2002) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Tales from Earthsea (2006) Ponyo On A Cliff From The Sea (2008) The Secret World of Arrietty/The Borrower Arrietty (2010) From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

If any of the links stop working, please let me know so I can fix it.

For Castle In The Sky, wait for the free user button to be clickable and it will send you to the video.

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