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The Phonetic Text.
| Phonetic Spelling. | Ordinary Spelling. | English. | |
| eei | eeisjg | éisg | of a fish |
| i | min | min | meal |
| ï or ii | sjï | sí | she |
| o | qos | cos | foot |
| oo | boo | bó | cow |
| ou | qoul | ca bh-fhuil | where is? |
| oi | oiărq | adharc | a horn |
| u | muq | muc | a pig |
| uu | tuu | tú | thou |
ă, ĕ, ǐ, ŏ, ŭ, are obscure sounds of the ordinary short vowels, ă occurs frequently, the others rarely. i final has the value of y in English “city.”
| b | baan | bán | white |
| d | madu | madadh | a dog |
| dj | djæs | deas | pretty |
| dd | meeădd-sjin | meud-sin | all that[1] |
| f | fis | fios | knowledge |
| fj | fjuu | fiú | worth |
| g (slender g) | gæær | geárr | short |
| c (broad g) | cas | gas | stalk |
| ç (broad asp.) | mŏ çort | mŏ ghort | my field |
| h | huc | thug | took |
| hj | mŏ hjool | mŏ sheól | my sail |
| j | mŏ jæærher[2] | mo dhearbhráthair | my brother |
| k (slender c). | kool | ceól | music[3] |
| q (broad c). | qos | cos | foot |
| x (q asp.) | xirj | chuir | put[4] |
| l | lee | lé | with |
| lj | balje | baile | town |
| ll | llonc | long | ship |
| llj | lljæbwi | leaba | bed |
| m | maq | mac | son |
| n | noos | nós | custom |
| nj | njïr | nior | neither |
| nn | bonn | bonn | bottom |
