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ly0nstea

Also btw every single complaint about irish pronounciation and spelling in schools would be solved if we hammered in the slender/broad distinctions early because it would become abundantly clear why this 't' has to be surrounded by 'i's and it isn't just a thing they decided to do one day and more people would be able to spell words from just hewring them and pronounciation from just reading them send tweet

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Here's a brief post about pronounciation i made. You can also go to the wikipedia page for irish phonology or listen to the audio files on Focloir.ie to try pick up in the nuances, especially effective with words that sound similar except for the slenderness. (Beo vs. Bó, Can vs. Ceann, etc.)

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OP's post is a great basic introduction, and if you want some more detailed information, here's some more resources! I've put a good beginner one here, with some more complex ones + notes under the cut.

  • This cheat-sheet has a few parts on how to read Irish, and is very much aimed at a novice speaker looking for a comprehensive list of sounds in Irish

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