The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Scottish Gaelic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. See Scottish Gaelic phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Scottish Gaelic. | Consonants | | IPA | Examples | IPA | Examples | | kʲ | gille, fairrge, thig, chunnaic | kʰʲ | cìr | | ç | chì, balaich | Also in çkʲ, e.g. mic, cluichd. | | f | fad, fead, pholl, pheann | | | ɣ | dhà, deireadh, ghaol, dragh | | | h | thonn, thig, shùil, sheòl | Also in preaspirated stops, e.g. hp in tapaidh, ht̪ in cat, htʲ in cait. | | j | eala, beò, theàrn, iolaire, piuthar, shiùbhlainn | | | ʝ | dh’iarr, mhaoidheadh, cruaidh, gheall, aoigheachd, toigh | | | k | gaol, beagan, caileag, amharc | kʰ | còta | | l | mo leaba, cliathaich, baile, fuil | | | ʎ | leaba, slige, gille | | | lˠ̪ | làmh, balla, geal | | | m | mac, mic, lampa, ìm | | | n | mo nàire, anail, bean | | | ɲ | nighean, sneachda, cinneadh, ròin | | | n̪ˠ | nàire, snàmh, clann | | | ŋ | long, aingeal[1] | | | p | ball, nàbuidh, abair, corp | pʰ | peann, poll | | rˠ | rud, riochd, oirre, orra | | | ɾ | dà rud, mo riochd, crann, fear | | | ɾʲ | cridhe, fir | | | s̪ | solas, speal, sgialachd | | | ʃ | seòl, stiùir, slighe, snìomh | | | t̪ | dall, fada, ad, falt | t̪ʰ | tana | | tʲ | dìleas, maide, théid, fuilt | tʲʰ | tìr | | v | bhean, sàibh, mhàthair, deimhin, làmh | | | x | chòta, balach | Also in xk, e.g. mac, olc, bochd. | - ^ Palatalized to [ŋʲ] before /kʲ, kʰʲ/
| Monophthongs | | IPA | Examples | | a | mac, glaine | | aː | làmh, àite, gearr | | e | teth, fead, cheil | | eː | glè, chèile, beud | | ə | fada, baile | | ɛ | fear, each | | ɛː | cnàimh, sèimh | | i | mise, fios | | iː | ìseal, pìobaire, cinn | | o | tobar, bodhar | | oː | bò, còig | | ɔ | cnoc, sgoil, deoch | | ɔː | bròn, mòine, ceòl, corr | | u | ugh, bun, sgioltachadh, fliuch | | uː | cùl, sùil, diombach, tiurr, cunntas | | ɯ | duine, uisge | | ɯː | craobh, aois | | ɤ | dragh, ailm, creiseag, coire | | ɤː | fadhlach | | | | Diphthongs | | IPA | Examples | | ai | claidheamh, chaill, cainnt | | au | amharc, abhainn, ball, gann | | ɛu | seall, theann, dream | | ia | Niall, pian, feur, beul, fìon | | iə | fiacail, iasg, ceud, deug, sìos | | ɔu | toll, tonn, com | | ua | uamhasach, suainteadh, uaine | | uə | fuar, uair, buaidh | | ɯi | chraoibh, ghaoith, tuill, tuinn | | ɤi | maighdean, saidheamh, greim, coibhneil, oighre, coilltean, broinn | | | Other symbols used in transcription of Scottish Gaelic pronunciation | | IPA | Explanation | | ˈ | Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) for example uinneag [ˈɯnʲak] | |
