the vowels according to james wilson; there seems to be phonemic vowel length but with a lot of variation, so he almost never marks it, making this table a bit difficult to put together.
| vowel | examples |
|---|---|
| /i/ | cheenie. |
| /ɪ/ | sin, tichten, finger, kitlin. |
| /ø/ | dune, fule. |
| /e/ | deith, ane, pane, made, hale, heid, wunnae. |
| /ɛ/ | hen, bell, bed. |
| /ɑ/ | cannae. |
| /ɔ/ | on. |
| /ʌ/ | hit, whusky, sun. |
| /o(ː)/ | coat, thocht, stop. |
| /u/ | doun, round. |
| /iː/ | committee. |
| /øː/ | due, crue. |
| /eː/ | baith, ain, pain, hail, plaid. |
| /ɛː/ | better, petticoat, braid. |
| /ɑː/ | canny. |
| /ɔː/ | snaw, caunle, laud. |
| /uː/ | cou, sou. |
| /ʌi/ | jyne, cley. |
| /ʌu/ | bowl, bowster, gowd, grow. |
| /ɔɪ/ | doit, boyne. |
| /ɑɪ/ | blyth, fire. |
| /ʌːi/ | aye. |
lowland scotch as spoken in the lower strathearn district of perthshire by james wilson is a good explanation of the grammar and phonology of this dialect, and has a glossary.