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GEORGE HENDERSON,

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| |N. Inv. |- |glan (glou) clean |kgḷɑ̯n |- |solas (sŭlas) light |sɔḷas |- |blas (blas) taste |pbḷɑ̯s |- |mol (mŭl) praise |mɔ̯ḷ‘ |- |dul (dhul) going |ṭḍuḷ‘ |- |fial (fee′al) generous |fiiaḷ‘ |- |gual (goo′-al) coal |kguuaḷ‘ |- |seol (shōl) a sail |ſɔɔḷ‘ |- |ceol (k-yōl) music |cjɔɔḷ‘ |- |díol (deel) vb. sell | |- |sgeul (shgeul) story |sceeḷ‘ |- |geal (gal) bright |cɟɑḷ‘ |- |áluinn (aul-in) beautiful |ɑɑḷ‘iñ |- |iolar (ŭl′-ar) eagle |jŭḷ‘aṛ |- |glac (glok) take |kglɑxk |- |salann (sol′-aN) salt |sɑḷ‘aṇṇ‘ |- |beul (bael) mouth |pbiiɑḷ‘ |- |speal (spal) scythe |spjɑɑḷ‘ |- |maol (mwael) bald |mʌʌ̯ḷ‘ |- |muinéal (mwin′-aul) neck |muñɑḷ‘ |- |Cathal (koh’-ăl) |khɑhɑḷ‘ |}

O'Growney notes that at the beginning of words l, n and broad vowel are supra-dental or 'thick sound not in English' = L, N; while ll, nn are always = L, N and remarks that 'in many districts the people have simplified the pronunciation thus: l and broad vowel always = L; l and small vowel = l (i. e. mouillé)'. This process of simplification is very widely extended in Scotland. This is what Shaw meant by l, n, r seeming to sound reduplicated in place of aspiration, e. g. labhair mi 'I spoke = llabhair mi' — Analysis 16, 17.

Lip-Back-Continuant-Voice (w). This is similar in formation to English w. It occurs:

(1) For l in Eigg, also sporadically in Morar and Ardgour; e. g. (wā̯n) for (ḷɑɑn) làn 'full'; (bɑwɑx fuahsɑx waᵹax) balach fuathasach laghach 'an exceedingly fine fellow'; (wɑɑ̯v) làmh 'hand'; (ſɛɔw) seol 'way, sail'. In Ireland I have noted for the County Clare mo làmh 'my hand' as (mɔ vɑɑv).

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