Intro. vi. Basic Manx Pronunciation.

Question 1

pronounce:

as

kayt

Answer 1

Note that a can be pronounced like the a in ant, or the e in men.

Question 2

pronounce:

laa

Answer 2

Note that aa is pronounced like as a long sound like the ai in air.

Question 3

pronounce:

gobbragh

Answer 3

Note that bb is pronounced like the v in hover.

Question 4

pronounce:

carrey

Answer 4

Note that c is pronounced like the c in cat, and almost never like the c in city.

Question 5

pronounce:

dy chooilley

Answer 5

Note that ch is pronounced like the ch in loch.

Question 6

pronounce:

cha nel

Answer 6

Note that cha in ‘cha nel’ is pronounced like the ha in happy.

Question 7

pronounce:

çheh

Answer 7

Note that çh is pronounced like the ch in cherry.

Question 8

pronounce:

da

Answer 8

Note that d is usually pronounced like the d in dad.

Question 9

pronounce:

dirree

Answer 9

Note that di is usually

pronounced like the ji in Jill.

Question 10

pronounce:

caid

Answer 10

Note that id has a j sound, and is generally pronounced like the dge in edge.

Question 11

pronounce:

moddey

Answer 11

Note that dd in the middle of a word is pronounced very softly, like the th in the.

Question 12

pronounce:

dreamal

Answer 12

Note that ea is pronounced like the ai in aim.

Question 13

pronounce:

rieau

Answer 13

Note that ieau is pronounced as in beautiful.

Question 14

pronounce:

reayrt

Answer 14

Note that “eay” is sometimes pronounced like the vowel in “ear”, (but there are other ways of pronouncing eay).

Question 15

pronounce:

jerdein

Answer 15

Note that ei is sometimes pronounced like the a in acorn.

Question 16

pronounce:

leodaghey

Answer 16

Note that “eo” is sometimes pronounced like the “ea” in “early”.

Question 17

pronounce:

çheu

Answer 17

Note that “eu” is pronounced like the “ow” in “bow-wow”, or like “you”.

Question 18

pronounce:

goll

Answer 18

Note that “g” is pronounced like the “g” in “go”.

Never like the “g” in “age”.

Question 19

pronounce:

agh

Answer 19

Note that “gh” is pronounced like the “ch” in “loch”.

Not like the “g” in “go”.

Question 20

pronounce:

aitt

caid

Answer 20

Note that sometimes i is silent but changes a t sound into a “çh” sound as in cherry, or a d into j sound.

Question 21

pronounce:

balley

Answer 21

Note that ey at the end of a word is pronounced like a short a sound, or an unstressed uh.

Question 22

pronounce:

tappee

Answer 22

Note that pp is pronounced like the “v” in “averse”.

Question 23

pronounce:

ooyl

Answer 23

Note that oo is pronounced like the oo in too. It is rarely ‘clipped’, except in ‘dooinney’, and ‘tooilley’.

Question 24

pronounce:

Cloie

Answer 24

Note that oi, or oie, can be pronounced like the ay in hay, the ie in lie, or the ee in tee, but not like the oi in oil.

Question 25

pronounce:

s’messey

Answer 25

Note that ss is pronounced like the th in heather, or sometimes like the zz in Jezza.

Question 26

pronounce:

yn

Answer 26

Note that y is usually an ‘unstressed vowel’. It is almost always pronounced like the e in the, the u in urn, or the ah in Sarah.

Question 27

pronounce:

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