Today I will teach you the Irish alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Irish letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Irish contains 57 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| a | [a] like bat |
| e | [e] like set |
| i | [i] like sit |
| o | [o] like son |
| u | [u] like book |
| a: | [a:] like far |
| e: | [e:] like say |
| i: | [i:] like me |
| o: | [o:] like more |
| u: | [u:] like who |
| n | [n] like nice |
| p | [p] like pat |
| r | [r] like ring |
| s | [s] like smile |
| t | [t] like time |
| v | [v] like win |
| w | [w] like wax |
| x | [x] like Bach |
| z | [z] like zoo |
| ԓ | [ԓ] like long |
| Ճ | [Ճ] like none |
| n´ | [n´] like new |
| p´ | [p´] like piece |
| r´ | [r´] like rack |
| s´ | [s´] like she |
| t´ | [t´] like task |
| v´ | [v´] like vast |
| x´ | [x´] like Hugh |
| z´ | [z´] like vision |
| ԓ' | [ԓ'] like sing |
| Ճ' | [Ճ'] like yes |
| Ə | [Ə] like about |
| ai | [ai] like eye |
| au | [au] like cow |
| iƏ | [iƏ] like pianist |
| uƏ | [uƏ] like fluent |
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