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2 days ago · 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.
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3 days ago · Manx is one of the three daughter languages of Old Irish (via Middle Irish), the other two being Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It shares a number of developments in phonology, vocabulary and grammar with its sisters (in some cases only with certain dialects) and shows a number of unique changes.
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Mar 13, 2024 · Irish Gaelic can be categorised broadly into three main dialects: Connacht, Munster, and Ulster, with Ulster’s pronunciation closely relating to that of Scottish Gaelic, particularly in Donegal. For example, in some parts of Ulster, “ao” is pronounced /eː/ as opposed to /iː/ in Munster.
5 days ago · Scots Gaelic is a recent offshoot of the Irish language. Introduced into Scotland about ad 500 (displacing an earlier Celtic language), it had developed into a distinct dialect of Gaelic by the 13th century. A common Gaelic literary language was used in Ireland and Scotland until the 17th century.
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Mar 14, 2024 · dialect, a variety of a language that signals where a person comes from. The notion is usually interpreted geographically (regional dialect), but it also has some application in relation to a person’s social background (class dialect) or occupation (occupational dialect).
Mar 16, 2024 · There are three Irish dialects – Connacht, Munster and Ulster – and the way names sound often varies with regions and accents. Our audio clips are with a northeast accent, influenced by...
5 days ago · In the 1970s, a new standard orthography was devised — the etrerannyezhel or interdialectale. This system is based on the derivation of the words. Today the majority of writers continue to use the Peurunvan orthography, and it is the version taught in most Breton-language schools. Alphabet. Breton is written in the Latin script.