Lowland Scots/Common phrases

Scots (Germanic)
Scots survives in a number of dialects. The North east Central (Fife) pronunciation is marked NeC, North East Scots (Doric) is marked as NE. C ans S for central and southern pronunciations. The unmarked pronunciations are generally used in most areas. A /t/ between vowels and final is glottalised. This may also occur with a final /d/.


 * Scots: Scots [skots, skOts]
 * hello: awricht [A'rIxt, a'rIxt], NE: whit like [fIt l@ik]
 * good-bye: see ye [si: ji:]
 * thank you: ta [ta:]
 * that one: that ane [C and S <tt> Dat jIn, </tt> NeC <tt> Dat en, at en,</tt> NE <tt>at in]</tt>
 * no: nae <tt>[ne:, nQ </tt> NE <tt>na]</tt>
 * yes: ay <tt>[AI]</tt>
 * sorry: sairy <tt>[se:rI]</tt>
 * I don’t understand: A dinna unnerstaund <tt>[a dIn@ Vn@rstA:n(d), a dIne Vn@rstA:n(d), a dIna Vn@rstA:n(d)]</tt>
 * I don't know: A dinna ken <tt> [a dIn@ kɛn]</tt>
 * where’s the bathroom?: whaur’s the cludgie? <tt>[WA:rz D@ klVdZI,]</tt>. NE: whaur’s the chantie <tt>[fArz i 'tSVntI]</tt>
 * generic toast: cheers! <tt>[tSi:rz]</tt>
 * Do you speak English?: Dae ye speak English? <tt>[de: ji spIk INlIS,</tt> NE <tt> di: ji spIk INlIS]</tt>