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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 (Oiléain ...
Irish Orthography (Litriú na Gaeilge) The orthography of Irish is at first a bit confusing. In addition, the pronunciation and written Irish are not identical, especially the pronunciation varies from dialect to dialect. Although, the order in which letters appear is not random, but follows specific rules. One can just as well develop a ...
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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.
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 ...
English the speakers of one regional dialect gained power and social status necessary to dominate and impose their dialect as a norm. Yet, in the case of Irish no dialect had emerged as socially dominant. The early revivalists wishfully thought that either one dialect would come to the fore or that through intercommunication some acceptable norm
2. The orthography of Irish was published in The Dialects of Irish on page 392.
3.1. Mid-twentieth century dialect studies 88 3.2. Seanchas collections 90 3.3. Overview studies of dialects 91 3.4. The Doegen tapes and other recordings 98 3.5. Analysing Irish phonology 99 3.5.1. The range of variation 101 3.5.2. Dialects and models of pronunciation 102 3.5.3. The lárchanúint 103 III The dialects of Irish 105 1. Background ...
