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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.
Dialects. Presently there are three main dialects in the Irish language: Munster (An Mhumháin ), Connnacht (Connachta) also Ulster (Ulaidh) The Munster dialect is spoken mainly in Kerry (Ciarraí) & Muskerry (Múscraí) in the western part of Cork (Contae Chorcai) Connacht dialect is spoken mainly in Connamara (Conamara), the Aran Islands ...
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The modern spoken form of Irish has three distinct dialects (Munster, Connacht, Ulster) and one superimposed official standard (An Caighdeán Oifigiúil).
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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. [1] The reform removed inter-dialectal silent letters, simplified some letter sequences, and ...
Mar 1, 2011 · Current approaches to teaching Irish reading are presented, and outcomes summarised. Issues of consistency and complexity in Irish orthography are discussed in light of an analysis of a corpus of ...
Valera approved of these recommendations and Wigger, Arndt, 1979: "Irish Dialect Phonology and passed them to Tomas Page of the Oireachtas Problems of Irish Orthography", Occasional Papers in Translation Staff and that they were ultimately Linguistics to and Language Learning, No. 6 Papers in Celtic form the basis of Official Standard Irish.
