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Vowels in Welsh phrasebook
Vowels in Welsh phrasebook
Vowels in Welsh can have accent marks, most commonly the circumflex (^), called the to bach (little roof), which lengthens the sound of the vowel, and the acute (�), which shortens it. Occasionally the diaresis appears, dividing two vowel sounds from each other. Vowel sounds tend to resemble those of major continental European languages rather than English.
There are seven vowels in Welsh, which have both short and long forms. The following sounds are only approximations in English:
a�
like "pat" and "father".
e�
like "pet" and "pear".
i�
like "pit" and "machine".
o�
like "pot" and "port".
u�
In South Wales, like "pit" and "machine".
In North Wales, more like a French "u" as in "tu"
w�
like "u" in "put" and "oo" as in "moon".
y�
like "i" in "pit" and "machine".
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