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  1. babel.ucsc.edu › ~hank › 114An Introduction to Irish Orthography

    The way that Irish orthography relates to the pronunciation of Irish is not straightforward. This is in part because the orthography represents a fairly abstract level of Irish phonology, as will become clear below. Here we describe the basics of the orthography and how it connects to the phonology/phonetics of the Ulster (Donegal) dialect. 1.

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

    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 ...

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  4. www.researchgate.net › publication › 305678715_WhenWhen regular is not easy: Cracking the code of Irish orthography

    Jul 26, 2016 · corpus for English confirms a widespread belief that the orthography of Irish is more regular. than that of English, the L1 of most beginning readers of Irish. However, this analysis refutes the ...

  5. www.jstor.org › stable › pdfStandard Irish Orthography: An Assessment - JSTOR

    Irish Dialect Phonology and Problems of Irish Orthography and Muineadh na Gaeilge do Dhaoine Fafta. However, as those publications, on linguistic or technical grounds, may be inaccessible to many readers of The Crane Bag, it seems appropriate to discuss here some of the topics which emerged from this research and to summarize the general trend of

  6. www.degruyter.com › document › doiThe Dialects of Irish - De Gruyter

    Aug 29, 2011 · The book offers a comprehensive overview of forms of modern Irish within a general linguistic framework. Starting with information on the sociolinguistics of modern Irish and on the overall sound system of the language, it then proceeds with a tripartite division of the present-day language into northern, western and southern Irish. It gives specific information on the features of each dialect ...

    • Raymond Hickey
    • August 29, 2011

  7. mural.maynoothuniversity.ie › 12890 › 1Irish Language (historical linguistic overview)

    1. Linguistic characteristics Irish is a Celtic language that, via Proto-Celtic (c. 1.000 B.C.), can be derived from the recon-structed Proto-Indo-European language that was spoken in the Neolithic c. 6.000 years ago. Through this ancestry, Irish is very distantly related to most European languages and to many more in the Near and Middle East.

  8. beckassets.blob.core.windows.net › product › tocThe Dialects of Irish - Toc - .NET Framework

    1.4. The Irish language in modern Ireland 6 2. Who speaks Irish? 9 2.1. Census 2006 – Irish Language 11 2.2. Use of Irish and the Gaeltacht areas 13 2.3. Shifts in language use 15 2.4. How many native speakers of Irish are there? 16 2.5. Irish in urban settings 17 2.6. Census 2006 again 18 2.7. Commissioned study of Irish in the Gaeltacht 19 2.8.