How To Spell Group In Irish

When i ask a group of new students what concerns them the most about learning irish the first answer is almost always the spelling upon further questioning it usually turns out that it isn t the spelling per se that worries them but rather how to pronounce letter combinations that seem at first glance to be unpronounceable.

How to spell group in irish. The irish spelling if you re really going for the all irish experience you d better change your spellings too. Although english has been the first language of most residents of the island. Around 1 million people in ireland as well as 20 000 people in the united states can speak irish.

Irish originated on the island of ireland and was the language of most of the population until the late 18th century. Part of the celtic group of languages it is similar to scots gaelic welsh breton and manx. As such it might seem to have strange pronunciations to the average english speaker but with our pronunciation guide to some of the most common irish language phrases and names you ll be pronouncing like a pro in no time.

Gaeilge also known in english as gaelic is a goidelic language of the insular celtic branch of the celtic language family itself a part of the indo european language family. You can translate the dictionary words into your native language. Irish uses other combinations that you will be used to but they are pronounced differently.

Ch is pronounced x like in german macht sh is pronounced h and th is pronounced h. Use our dictionary to check the spelling definitions of words.