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(58) n aspirated (nh) hroad, (back n), = n
m the English word ' nun.'
(59) n aspirated (nh) slender, (front n), =
n in the English word ' ninny.'
(60) p = English /;>. (Final p, see 70).
(61) ph = English f.
(62) r hmnd, (back /•), = in the English
word ' run.' It is always trilled.
(6:5) F dmdcr, (front ?•), = front English r.
It is always trilled.
(6-i) S orodd, =.s in the English word ' so.'
It is silent after t-. In the Gaelic
words 'so' ('here') and ' sud'
('yonder'), it has the sound of s in
' sugar.'
(65) S ■■iletider,=s in the English word
' sugar.' It is silent after t-.
(66) sh = English A.
(67) t ljro(i.d, = t sounded with the point
of the tongue well down against
the front lower gum. Final t,
see 70)
(68) t ■s/e;H/rr, = palatalised ^. Resembles
English tch, or (/, voiceless, or t in
the English word ' tune.' The
position of the tongue is as with t
hroad. (Final t, see 70).
(69) th = English h. It is silent in the
word ' thù' (' thou').
(70) C, p, t, are explodent. C final, and
p and t after short vowels, take
the explosion, oi breathing before
them, in most dialects.
chd = chc.
Examples
mo nàire, dan.
mo nighean, mi
pòg, pìos.
phòs, phinn.
run, mor.
rithist, cir.
caise, sni, cis.
sheas, shàr.
tonn, tàl, tog.
thà, sath, thoo-.
(72)
n after initial c,
gnùis, mnaoi).
mac = mahc ; ap =
ahp ; cat = caht.
luchd = luchc ; ochd
= ochc.
md ?», is commonlv sounded /•— (cnoc,