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The traditional Irish alphabet (aibítir) consists of 18 letters: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u . It does not contain j, k, q, v, w, x, y, z , although they are used in scientific terminology and modern loanwords of foreign origin.
Ogham (/ ˈ ɒ ɡ əm / OG-əm, [4] Modern Irish: [ˈoː(ə)mˠ]; Middle Irish: ogum, ogom, later ogam [ˈɔɣəmˠ] [5] [6]) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).
Examples include zú (zoo), vóta (vote), yóyó (yo-yo). While I am open to correction, there are no examples of words with the letter 'q' as they are generally handled by using the hard Irish 'c'. The letter 'c' in Gaelic is pronounced as the English 'k'. So, for example, the country 'Qatar' is translated as 'Catar' and pronounced similarly.
Seanchló. What many people mean when they ask for “the Irish alphabet” is actually what we call Seanchló (SHAN khloh) or Cló Gaelach (kloh GAYL-ukh). The thing is, though it looks a little different, seanchló isn’t actually a different alphabet.
First written: 4th century AD. Writing system: Ogham script (4th-9th centuries AD) Latin script (5th century to present) Status: official language in Ireland, Northern Ireland, European Union.
Old Irish is the ancestor of all modern Goidelic languages: Modern Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx. A still older form of Irish is known as Primitive Irish. Fragments of Primitive Irish, mainly personal names, are known from inscriptions on stone written in the Ogham alphabet.
Old Irish had five short vowels, “a, e, i, o, u” and five long vowels, “á, é, í, ó, ú”, which can be roughly said to have Latin or Continental values. There were two common diphthongs, one spelled variously “ aé , áe , aí , ái ” and the other “ oé , óe , oí , ói ”.
The Irish alphabet, also known as the Irish script or the "Ogham alphabet," is an early medieval alphabet used to write the early Irish language (also called "Old Irish"). It consists of 20 letters and uses a combination of lines and notches to represent various sounds.
Trace the roots of the ancient Irish alphabet - Ogham and Primitive Irish! Explore how the ancient script was written and used in records from centuries past.
Ancient Manuscripts. Earliest old Irish passages may be transcripts discovered in the Cambrai Homily. Extant manuscripts do not go back farther than eight century.