Irish Letters

Let's now learn the Irish letters. Knowing these characters will allow you to read and write commonly used expressions and words with ease.

a	[a] as in bat
e	[e] as in set
i	[i] as in sit
o	[o] as in son
u	[u] as in book
a:	[a:] as in far
e:	[e:] as in say
i:	[i:] as in me
o:	[o:] as in more
u:	[u:] as in who
n	[n] as in nice
p	[p] as in pat
r	[r] as in ring
s	[s] as in smile
t	[t] as in time
v	[v] as in win
w	[w] as in wax
x	[x] as in Bach
z	[z] as in Zulu
ԓ	[ԓ] as in long
Ճ	[Ճ] as in none
n´	[n´] as in new
p´	[p´] as in piece
r´	[r´] as in rack
s´	[s´] as in she
t´	[t´] as in task
v´	[v´] as in vast
x´	[x´] as in Hugh
z´	[z´] as in vision
ԓ'	[ԓ'] as in sing
Ճ'	[Ճ'] as in yes
Ə	[Ə] as in about
ai	[ai] as in eye
au	[au] as in cow
iƏ	[iƏ] as in pianist
uƏ	[uƏ] as in fluent

The above letters in Irish should allow you to read and write the following pages with much ease: popular phrases in Irish, Irish homepage, or Irish Grammar. Irish quiz and flashcard can also be found on our homepage.

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