Talk:Connacht Irish

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[edit] Vowel Lengthening

The comment on the lengthening of short /a/ to [aː] doesn't seem to be correct. As far as I know this lengthening occurs in all varieties of Co. Galway. At least it is given in Wigger's "Caint Ros Muc" and in B. Ó Curnáin's thesis. Qatan 13:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

AFAIK there's no mention of it in Finck's Die Araner Mundart, but maybe it's true of all mainland Co. Galway dialects. Angr/talk 13:42, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I had a closer look on the thing this morning. There seems to exist sporadic lengthening of /a/ to [aˑ] or [aː] even as far north as Erris (at least acording to Hamilton's transcribed texts, ZCP 30+31), unfortunately I don't have any copy of Mhac an Fhailligh. On the other hand, de Búrca has no hint whatsoever on lengthening for Tourmakeady. Ó Siadhail & Wigger (CFnG) state "éiríonn /a/ fada i gcomharsantacht ar bith" for the area they label Conamara, which includes Cois Fhairrge, but not Aran. Anyway, any detailed information on Aran newer than Finck seems to be rare... Qatan 15:11, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Mhac an Fhailigh doesn't say anything about /a/ being lengthened in Erris. I'd almost be willing to say /a/ is lengthened in Connemara, except for the fact that Tourmakeady is sort of almost Connemara (it was only comparatively recently assigned to Co. Mayo, wasn't it?). Angr/talk 19:44, 18 February 2006 (UTC)