Irish (Donegal)

WALS coordinates: 55° N, 8° W

spoken in Ireland

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Irish
Routledge:
  • Irish
Other:
  • Irish, Donegal dialect
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
Consonant Inventories Large
Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio Moderately high
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In both plosives and fricatives
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems None missing in /p t k b d g/
Uvular Consonants None
Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
Front Rounded Vowels None
Syllable Structure Complex
Tone No tones
Absence of Common Consonants All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants None