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On the Dialects of Scottish Gaelic. 353<br />

and Soiitlu-ni dialects is a groator tendency in tlie former to what<br />

Professor Rhys calls dipthongization, and which is attributed to a<br />

more ilelicate sensitiveness to musical sounds. The test sound<br />

l)i>tween the two dialects is the prevalence in the North of an ia<br />

sound, w<strong>here</strong> the South is content with the original long e. In some<br />

words tile diphthong {

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