Breandán wrote:
An Cionnfhaolach wrote:
In other dialects of Irish there is no initial "w" sound.
Actually, all dialects have initial "w" sound in this set.
Connachta:
uaim /wem´/
uait /wet´/
uaidh /wai/
uaithi /wohə/ (GC) or /wo:/ (GCF)
uainn /weN´/
uaibh /web´/
uathu /wohəb/ (GC) or/wo:b´/ (GCF)
Cois Fhairrge uses
uaidh /wai/ instead of
ó, e.g.,
uaidh Sheán.
An Teanga Bheo gives the Uladh set as:
wuam, wiam
wuaid, wiaid
wua, wia
wuaithe, wiaithe
wuainn, wiainn
wuaibh, wiaibh
wuafa, wiafaPerhaps Lughaidh can give the appropriate phonetics for those?
I'll gladly eat my hat after listening to Bríd on Forvo

Breandán wrote:
Now it appears that the only place there isn't a "w" sound may be in Munster (but not Cian's own dialect.)

, looks that way alright! Sorry about the confusion lads.
Breandán wrote:
I just assumed Cian knew what he was talking about (regarding Munster dialect at least).

Now, Breandán you should know better than to trust what I'da be sayin!

Looks like I should be doing more of this

and less of this

.
Cian
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I'm familiar with Munster Irish/ Gaolainn na Mumhan (GM) and the Official Standard/an Caighdeán Oifigiúil (CO)