 Amongst its distinctive phonological features are the shift from long /aː/ to /ɛː/, a high degree of retention of long /eː/, the shift of dark /l̪ˠ/ to /t̪/, the lack of intrusive /t̪/ in "sr" groups (for example /s̪ɾoːn/ "nose" rather than /s̪t̪ɾoːn/) and the retention of the unlenited past-tense particle "d"' (for example, "d'èirich" "rose" instead of "dh'èirich").It sits within a group of lexical isoglosses (i.e.words distinctive to a certain area) with strong similarities to southern Gaelic and northern Irish dialects.