LL-L "Phonology" 2003.05.11 (09) [E]

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: "Phonology"

Crisdean wrote:

"The "dh" -there is no equivalent sound in English. "dh" and "gh" are
pronounced the same. If you can pronounce the "ch" in Gaelic - you are
half way there."

The easiest and most accurate description of the /dh/ sound Crisdean
mentions above is that it is identical to Greek 'ghamma'.

Go raibh maith agaibh

Criostóir.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Phonology

Yet another way of describing the pronunciation of Gaelic <dh> and <gh>
is to say that it is the voiced counterpart of <ch>.  You can feel that
a consonant is voiced if you lightly touch your throat and feel slight
vibration while you pronounce the sound.  Thus, <dh>/<gh> is in relation
to voiceless <ch> what voiced <v> is to voiceless <f> and what voiced
<z> is to voiceless <s> in English.

This "ghamma" sound occurs in many Lowlands Saxon (Low German) dialects
where /g/ follows a long back vowel and is followed by another vowel,
also where /e/ (or schwa) has been elided in the next syllable; e.g.,

Wagen ['vQ:G=N] 'car'
(Dage >) Daag' [dQ:.G] 'days'
(ik suge >) ik suug' [?Ik zu:.G] 'I sucked'

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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