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HOW TO LEARN GAELIC.
OUTLINES OF GAELIC GRAMMAR.
ORTHOGRAPHY AND PHONETICS.
The letters of the (xaelic Alphabet are only eighteen in
number — five Vowels and thirteen Consonants — but by means
<jf certain vowel and consonant groupings and modifications a
scheme of symbols is obtained which, though it appears some-
what complex to the eye, is at once simple, effective, and
<iuite sufficient for all the orthogfaphical requirements of the
language.
THE VOWELS.
(1) Broad— a, O, U : (2) Slender— e, l
THE CONSONANTS.
Mutable.
(3) Plain— g-, c; d, t; 1, n, r, s.
(4) Aspirated— ^h, ch ; dh, th ; (Ih), (nh), (rh), sh.
Immutaiìlk.
(5) Plain— b, p; f, h, m.
(6) /Is/jiraeecZ— bh, ph ; fh, — , mh.
(7) With aspirated /, n, r, the sign of aspiration, //, is not
^ised in spelling.
In the following pages the word ' final' applies to syllables
-•is well as words.
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