Connacht Dorsal Consonants [kˠi:] ~ [kʲi:] tongue position SSANOVA [kˠi:] ~ [kʲi:] audiocaoi [kˠiː] ‘way, means’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/09/k_i_c1s1.mp3 cíor [kʲiːr] ‘comb’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/08/kj_i_c1s1.mp3[kˠu:]~[kʲuː] tongue position SSANOVA [kˠu:]~[kʲuː] audiocú [kˠuː] ‘hound’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/09/k_u_c1s1.mp3 ciúnas [kʲuːnəs] ‘silence’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/08/kj_u_c1s1.mp3 [x]: the dorsal fricative [x] is the IPA symbol for the dorsal fricative, the consonant at the end of German Bach or at the beginning of Yiddish challah. [xˠi:] ~ [xʲiː] tongue position SSANOVA [xˠi:]~[xʲiː] audiochaoin [xˠiːn] ‘cried’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/09/x_i_c1s1.mp3 chíor [xʲiːr] ‘combed’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/09/xj_i_c1s1.mp3[xˠu:] ~ [xʲuː] tongue position SSANOVA [xˠu:] ~ [xʲu:] audiochúala [xˠuːlə] ‘heard’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/09/x_u_c1s1.mp3 chiúnaí [xʲuːniː] ‘hushed’ https://irishpalatals.sites.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/2015/09/xj_u_c1s1.mp3
