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Scottish Gaelic Dialect Survey
Cartographic illustration of some of the varying pronunciations of words in Scots Gaelic
Author: Douglas M Fraser
revised December, 2015
Husinish pier, Harris
Contents
Introduction
Aspiration
Augmenting 's' and 't'
Consonant change
Eclipsis
Eigg cluck (L=W)
Feadhainn - Some people
Length /Diphthong
Lenition/Gender
Long E
Loss of schwa
Medial 'bh'
Medial 'mh'
Nasal raising
Medial broad 'gh'
Metathesis
Pronunciation Variations
Rud
Slender 'r'/ 'an t-s'
Svarabhakti
Vocabulary Variations
Vowel change
Discussion
Appendix/References
Contact
Index
Husinish pier, Harris
