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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Irish_orthographyIrish orthography - Wikipedia

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   Irish orthography is the set of conventions used to write Irish. A spelling reform in the mid-20th century led to An Caighdeán Oifigiúil, the modern standard written form used by the Government of Ireland, which regulates both spelling and grammar.

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     Orthography. As with most medieval languages, the...

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     Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic...

2. www.ouririshheritage.org › irish-orthographyIrish Orthography | A miscellany of topics | Our Irish Heritage

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   Irish orthography has evolved over many centuries: since old Irish was first written down in the Latin alphabet circa the sixth century AD. Prior to that primitive Irish was written in Ogham . The origin of Gaelic Gael + Ic represents Scots-Gaelic as a derivative of Gaidheal from 1590-1600. [iii]

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_the_Irish_languageHistory of the Irish language - Wikipedia

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   The history of the Irish language begins with the period from the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland to Ireland's earliest known form of Irish, Primitive Irish, which is found in Ogham inscriptions dating from the 3rd or 4th century AD.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Scottish_Gaelic_orthographyScottish Gaelic orthography - Wikipedia

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   Prior the 1981 Gaelic Orthographic Convention (GOC), Scottish Gaelic traditionally used acute accents on a, e, o to denote close-mid long vowels, clearly graphemically distinguishing è /ɛː/ and é /eː/, and ò /ɔː/ and ó /oː/. However, since the 1981 GOC and its 2005 and 2009 revisions, standard orthography only uses the grave accent.

5. www.ouririshheritage.org › content › archiveOld Irish Script | A miscellany of topics | Our Irish Heritage

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   The Viking invasions of the ninth & tenth centuries led to the destruction of several early manuscripts. Gaelic script was known as ‘ An Cló Gaelach ‘ in Irish. It may also be known as Irish character, Irish type, Gaelic type, Celtic type or the uncial alphabet. Notable features included type of writing system, numeracy, eighteen letters.