- Title Pages
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Initial sound change
- 2 Nouns
- 3 Pronouns
- 4 Prepositions
- 5 The article
- 6 Adjectives and adverbs
- 7 Conjunctions
- 8 Numerals
- 9 Verbs
- 10 Phrasal verbs
- 11 The verb in use
- 12 Word order and sentence structure; word building
- 13 Dates and seasons
- 14 Emphasis
- 15 Spelling and pronunciation
- Gist English translations of recorded Manx conversations
- Glossary
- Select bibliography
Spelling and pronunciation
Spelling and pronunciation
Lettraghey as fockley magh
- Chapter:
- (p.213) 15 Spelling and pronunciation
- Source:
- Practical Manx
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
This chapter discusses spelling and pronunciation in Manx. It covers the spelling system; regional variations in pronunciation; consonants; stress; elision; and intonation.
Keywords: Manx Gaelic, spelling system, pronunciation, consonants, stress, elision, intonation
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- Title Pages
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Initial sound change
- 2 Nouns
- 3 Pronouns
- 4 Prepositions
- 5 The article
- 6 Adjectives and adverbs
- 7 Conjunctions
- 8 Numerals
- 9 Verbs
- 10 Phrasal verbs
- 11 The verb in use
- 12 Word order and sentence structure; word building
- 13 Dates and seasons
- 14 Emphasis
- 15 Spelling and pronunciation
- Gist English translations of recorded Manx conversations
- Glossary
- Select bibliography