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Post October 06 2012, 23:20 PM
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Anseo again
 
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can anybody tell me if there are still any irish dialects left where ph, sh, and th are pronounced not f and h, but something else?

 
Post October 10 2012, 1:06 AM
fiairefeadha
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Th is sometimes pronounced ch in the E Munster dialect ie Gaoch> Gaoth for wind.
Also in E Munster and Conamara Ó shin is pronounced ó choin

Post October 18 2012, 5:11 AM
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Thank you so much this is really interesting. i presume you mean the sound ch in english, not the ch from german

Post October 18 2012, 17:38 PM
fiairefeadha
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No I mean the German ch sound which is the same as Gaelic ch.



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