Neil recently emailed us, and perhaps you can associate with his feelings:
Without a doubt – the most difficult thing is to learn to pronounce the written word in Irish. It seems what we are saying looks nothing like what it was written. There must be some sort of map for it surely.
Yes, pronunciation is one of the top reasons that people fail to make that real connection with their Irish heritage. When you see an Irish Gaelic word written down, it can be daunting and scary.
What are all those letters thrown together? How am I meant to pronounce “folúsghlantóir“??
The trouble is, the Irish language is beautiful, but its agreed spelling standard uses different rules to those that you have been brought up with. There are combinations of letters in the Irish language that you will never see in other languages.
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It’s not your fault that you can’t interpret how to pronounce “folúsghlantóir”. But you can start to get familiar with the rules, which I’ll step you through in our new video course on Udemy.com.
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The Irish language was my first language. It’s Ireland’s native Celtic language, still spoken in small pockets of Ireland. To start expressing yourself in Irish Gaelic is a deeply personal way of living Ireland’s culture.
I am the founder of Bitesize Irish Gaelic, and previously created the websites Irish Sayings, Irish Gaelic Translator and Irishionary.
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