Comparing Kilkenny Irish with Waterford Irish.

The Kilkenny Irish comes from these tweets: (Google Books says Éigse, vol. 26, p. 35 1)

I’ve marked the clear differences in bold face; differences in transcription (s′/ʃ, ɑː/aː) are not marked, nor are expected differences (⟨ao⟩ → [ai] in Waterford Irish; /r′/ → [ʒ] in Kilkenny Irish).

The Waterford side of the comparison is from Breatnach 2; references as in the index. I chose the first (that matched), except with some common words, where I used the first place I came across them.

ansoin and ansan are clearly different, but Breatnach (t. 20) gives ó shoin (/oː xin′/).

raibh /re/ is a bit of a stretch; Breatnach says this is only before pronouns, and considers it a back-formation from the unstressed form /rə/ (/rev′/ stressed).

/duːr′t′/ for dúirt in Waterford is a little unexpected: the usual rule is r′ → [r] / _ [+dental].

K. Word K. Phonetic W. Phonetic TIoRCW ref. W. Word
a ə ə t. 349  
acu əku əˈku 163 aca
ag eg′ eg′ p. 146 n. 4  
ag ə ə 317  
ag g′ g′ 42  
agus ɑgəs agə(s) 303  
áit ɑːt′ aːt′ 53  
an ən ən 250  
an ə ə t. 339  
an (ə)n n 496  
ag an g′en g′en t. 78 aige ’n
anall ənəul (ə)ˈnaul 111  
anchuid anəˈxid′ anə + xid′ 171 + t. 253 ana- + chuid
ann uːn aun 110  
anonn ənuːn (ə)ˈnaun 111  
ansoin ənsin′ ənson 320 annsan
ar eʒ er′ 42  
bean b′an b′an 44  
bhean v′an v′an 483  
bhfuil bil′ bil′ 399  
bhí v′iː v′iː 21  
broim brəim′ brəim′ 545  
cadé d′eː d′eː 302 dé
chuir xiʒ xir′ 28  
chun xuːn xuːn 308 chún
cé k′eː k′eː t. 56 cia
conas kunəs kunəs 66 cionnus
cuir kir kir′ 260  
déin t′eːn′ d′eːn′ 34  
deir d′er d′er′ 303  
duine din′ə din′ə 77  
dúirt duːrt′ duːr′t′ 72 adubhairt
éinne eːŋ′ə aiŋ′ə 106 aonduine
fadó fədoː fəˈdoː 62 fad’ ó
fear f′ar f′ar 44  
feicim hek′əm′ f′ek′əm′ 553 faicim
fhios (ə)s ə ŋanəs 231 i ngan-fhios
lig l′ig′ l′ig′ 426 léig
lámh lɑː laː l′ə, laːv′ p. 134 n. 2 láimh lé, láimh
leis l′es′ l′eʃ 39  
mná mnɑː məˈnaː 227  
ní n′iː n′iː p. 67 n. 2  
orthu orhə orhə 57 ortha
raibh re re p. 119 n. 6  
réidh reː reːg′ 36  
siar s′iər ʃiər 180  
suí siː siː 24 suidhe
sé s′e ʃe t. 305  
scian s′g′iən ʃg′iən 87  
t-ainm tan′əm′ an′əm′ 44 ainm
thine hin′ə t′in′ə 26 + 210 teine
thá hɑː haː t. 323 atá
trí t′ʒiː t′siː 219  
tú tu tuː, tə 134, 80  

  1. Breatnach, R. A., (1992). ‘Iarsmaí de Ghaeilig Chontae Chill Choinnigh’. In Éigse, 26, pp. 21—42. ↩

  2. Breatnach, R. B., (1947). The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. ↩