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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Manx_languageManx language - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · The 17th century Plantation of Ulster, the decline of Irish in Leinster and the extinction of Galloway Gaelic led to the geographic isolation of Manx from other dialects of Gaelic. The development of a separate orthography also led Manx to diverge from Irish and Scottish Gaelic.

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     The Goidelic (/ ɡ ɔɪ ˈ d ɛ l ɪ k / goy-DEL-ik) or Gaelic...

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     English orthography is the writing system used to represent...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › International_PhoneticInternational Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects

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   May 1, 2024 · InE, Indian English; IrE, Irish English; JSE, Jamaican English; NZE, New Zealand English; PaE, Palauan English; ScE, Scottish English; SIE, Solomon Islands English; SAE, South African English; SSE, Standard Singapore English; WaE, Welsh English; See Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic transcriptions used in different dictionaries.

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   What is English orthography?

   • It includes English's norms of spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, word breaks, emphasis, and punctuation . Like the orthography of most world languages, English orthography has a broad degree of standardisation. This standardisation began to develop when movable type spread to England in the late 15th century.

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   Does English have a system of orthography?

   • English possesses a system of orthography that does not always accurately reflect the pronunciation of words; see below Orthography. English language, a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages.

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   What language is spoken in Ireland?

   • Irish language, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts. Britannica editor Jeff Wallenfeldt provides an overview of the Irish language.

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   What is a script orthography?

   • Orthography refers to what the symbols of a script actually represent, as well as how they can be combined. A script is a language's written symbols, and its orthography is the spelling rules about what the symbols represent.

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4. www.britannica.com › topic › Irish-languageIrish language | Facts, Structure, & Words | Britannica

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   3 days ago · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 11, 2024 • Article History. Also called: Erse or Gaelic. Irish: Gaeilge. Key People: Frank O’Connor. Douglas Hyde. Related Topics: ogham writing. Scots Gaelic language. Goidelic languages. Recent News. May 11, 2024, 12:57 AM ET (Live Science)

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5. www.britannica.com › topic › English-languageEnglish language | Origin, History, Development ...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · English language, a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It originated in England and is the dominant language of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

   • What is the English language?

     The English language is an Indo-European language in the West Germanic language group. Modern English is widely considered to be the lingua franca...
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     As of 2020 there are 1.27 billion English speakers around the world. This makes it the most spoken language, ahead of Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billio...
   • Is African American Vernacular English a dialect of English?

     There has been much public and academic debate on whether African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is a dialect of English or its own separate la...
   • Where did English come from?

     Having emerged from the dialects and vocabulary of Germanic peoples—Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—who settled in Britain in the 5th century CE, English...
   • Is English the official language of the United States of America?

     English is not the official language of the United States of America. The country does not have an official language on the federal level. Many sta...

6. blog.duolingo.com › writing-systems-around-the-worldHow Many Writing Systems Are There Around the World?

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   Apr 16, 2024 · Hebrew is one of the most well-known examples of a language that uses an abjad. The word for "book" (sefer) can be written two ways: Without diacritics: ספר (read right to left as s f r) With diacritics: סֵפֶר (read right to left as se fe r) Yiddish also uses Hebrew script, but always includes diacritics. 3.

7. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 1330Making Ireland English: the Irish Aristocracy in the ...

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   6 days ago · Making Ireland English: the Irish Aristocracy in the Seventeenth Century. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780300118346; 480pp.; Price: £40.00. This is a monumental book, covering 91 noble families and 311 individual noblemen in 17 chapters of 482 pages of text and 89 pages of endnotes. The supporting material includes 19 ...