Does anyone know of any pronunciation guides for this song on the web? (It's also known as Taladh ar Slanaigheir.) Preferably with audio, but I don't think I can afford to be picky. I know there's a guide for two or three verses on Youtube as a supplement to a setting done by Mark Sirett, but I'm hoping to find pronunciation for the whole, or much of, the song (I know, it's really long). I'm going to choose seven verses for singing at church, and it would be nice if I could actually choose them, rather than just having to do the ones I can find pronunciation guides for. I can, of course, use basic "how Gaelic is pronounced" guides out there, but it would be so great to have the actual song and specific words to get it into my head. (Yes, I know-- nobody will know if my pronunciation is off, even WAY off, but I'll know...)
Thanks!
Taladh Chriosda pronunciation (Scottish Gaelic)
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Taladh Chriosda pronunciation (Scottish Gaelic)
Here's tae us--
Wha's like us?
Damn few--
And they're a' deid--
Mair's the pity.
Wha's like us?
Damn few--
And they're a' deid--
Mair's the pity.
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Re: Taladh Chriosda pronunciation (Scottish Gaelic)
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This is on YouTube, seems clear enough to use for pronunciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj44ICE_AAg
I did take a Scottish Gaelic course in University, the way it's written is pretty much phonetic, you just need to learn the "rules" (which are almost entirely different than English pronunciation rules).
One similar thing to English is that unstressed syllables tend to Schwa, but beware of accent marks.
Then there's devoicing of medial and final stops (sort of like German and some dialects of English).
In any case all that stuff can be heard in that recording.
This is on YouTube, seems clear enough to use for pronunciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj44ICE_AAg
I did take a Scottish Gaelic course in University, the way it's written is pretty much phonetic, you just need to learn the "rules" (which are almost entirely different than English pronunciation rules).
One similar thing to English is that unstressed syllables tend to Schwa, but beware of accent marks.
Then there's devoicing of medial and final stops (sort of like German and some dialects of English).
In any case all that stuff can be heard in that recording.
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