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r		(no sound exactly similar in English: see note.).
s	like	s	in	so, alas
sh	„	sh	„	shall, lash
l	„	sh	„	look, lamb
L		thick sound not in English
l	„	l	in	valiant
n	„	n	„	noon
N		thick sound not in English
n	„	n	in	new
NG	„	ng	„	long-er
k	„	k	„	liking	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	See Note
K	„	k	„	looking
g	„	g	„	begin
G	„	g	„	begun
CH	„	gh	„	O’Loughlin
γ	guttural sound not in English
W	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	is in Connaught like	w
		„Munster„	v
V	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	is in Connaught like	v
		silent in Munster

The above table will be explained in the course the following lessons; but we may here note that s is never pronounced like z, and that beginners may pronounce NG, γ, r, like N, G and r.

§ 17. EXERCISE 1.

SOUNDS OF IRISH VOWELS.

The Irish	Is sounded like the	i.e., like the vowel
Vowel	phonetic sign	sound in the word
á long	au	naught
a short	æ	knot
é long	ae	Gaelic
e short	e	let
í long	ee	feel
i short	i	hit