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CHAPTER VL
Welsh and ancient British Alphabet. Early Alphabet-
Present Alphabet. Early Parts of Speech. Present
Parts of Speech with their Declensions, Conjuga-
tions, AND Concords,
Early Welsh
alphabet.
Present
alphabet.
It appears from the Analysis or grammar of
Ederyn that the Welsh alphabet originally
consisted of sixteen radical letters, including four
vowels and twelve consonants, which is the same
as the Phoenician, and practically the same as the
Irish alphabet. Derived from these, however^
there were twenty-seven secondary letters, of
which eight were treated as vowels, and twelve as.
consonants, making in all forty-three letters.
The ancient Welsh characters as given by Pugh
are very rough, and resemble the characters of
the Senchus M6r, or the Saxon Chronicle ; but, as
I have stated, the oldest Welsh manuscripts are in
the Irish or British character.
At present, and after the adoption of the
Roman characters, the Welsh alphabet consists of
thirty-one letters — a, b, c, ch, d, dd, e, f, ff, g, ng,
ngh, h, i, 1, 11, m, mh, n, nh, o, p, ph, r, rh, s, t,
th, u, w, and y.
It will be seen that the same letters are still
Welsh and ancient British Alphabet. Early Alphabet-
Present Alphabet. Early Parts of Speech. Present
Parts of Speech with their Declensions, Conjuga-
tions, AND Concords,
Early Welsh
alphabet.
Present
alphabet.
It appears from the Analysis or grammar of
Ederyn that the Welsh alphabet originally
consisted of sixteen radical letters, including four
vowels and twelve consonants, which is the same
as the Phoenician, and practically the same as the
Irish alphabet. Derived from these, however^
there were twenty-seven secondary letters, of
which eight were treated as vowels, and twelve as.
consonants, making in all forty-three letters.
The ancient Welsh characters as given by Pugh
are very rough, and resemble the characters of
the Senchus M6r, or the Saxon Chronicle ; but, as
I have stated, the oldest Welsh manuscripts are in
the Irish or British character.
At present, and after the adoption of the
Roman characters, the Welsh alphabet consists of
thirty-one letters — a, b, c, ch, d, dd, e, f, ff, g, ng,
ngh, h, i, 1, 11, m, mh, n, nh, o, p, ph, r, rh, s, t,
th, u, w, and y.
It will be seen that the same letters are still
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Description | His ethnography, geography and philology. |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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