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Digraphs may consist of two different characters (heterogeneous digraphs) or two instances of the same character (homogeneous digraphs). In the latter case, they are generally called double (or doubled) letters . Doubled vowel letters are commonly used to indicate a long vowel sound. This is the case in Finnish and Estonian, for instance, where ...
A 19th-century Welsh alphabet printed in Welsh, without j or rh . The earliest samples of written Welsh date from the 6th century and are in the Latin alphabet (see Old Welsh ). The orthography differs from that of modern Welsh, particularly in the use of p, t, c to represent the voiced plosives /b, d, ɡ/ non initially.
Multigraph (orthography) A multigraph (or pleograph) is a sequence of letters that behaves as a unit and is not the sum of its parts, such as English ch or French eau . The term is infrequently used, as the number of letters is usually specified: Combinations longer than tetragraphs are unusual. The German pentagraph tzsch has largely been ...
Manual of Style (MoS) These guidelines cover the style of language and writing to be used in Ireland -related articles. This includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. If you disagree with the conventions described here, or wish to add to them, please discuss it on the talk page .
Ogham ( / ˈɒɡəm / OG-əm, [4] Modern Irish: [ˈoː (ə)mˠ]; Middle Irish: ogum, ogom, later ogam [ˈɔɣəmˠ] [5] [6]) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language ( scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).
Breton ( / ˈbrɛtən / BRET-ən, French: [bʁətɔ̃]; endonym: brezhoneg [bʁeˈzɔ̃ːnɛk] ⓘ [5] or [brəhɔ̃ˈnek] in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France.
Irish Orthography. The Irish language was a mode of the Goidelac branch of Celtic language, it was known also as ‘ Q-Celtic. ‘ It was closely related to Manx ( Gaelg / Gailic ), or Scottish Gaelic ( Gáidhlig ): it is distantly related to Welsh Cymraeg also Cornish Keenewek & Breton Brezoneg. These form the Brythonic brand of Celtic ...
