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Here are the names of the letters in An Aibítir, the Irish alphabet:
a - á /ɑ:/ b - bé /b´e:/ c - cé /k´e:/ d - dé /d´e:/ e - é /e:/ f - eif /ef´/ g - gé /g´e:/ h - héis /he:s´/ i - í /i:/ l - eil /el´/ m - eim /em´/ n - ein /en´/ o - ó /o:/ p - pé /p´e:/ r - ear /æ:r/ s - eas /æ:s/ t - té /t´e:/ u - ú /u:/
Here are the names of the letters not included in An Aibítir but used in loanwords, etc.: j - jé /dʒe:/ k - ká /kɑ:/ q - cú /ku:/ v - vé /w´e:/ w - wae /we:/ x - ex /eks/ y - yé /γ´e:/ z - zae /ze:/
Sound files for these can be found in the CD that accompanies Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó Siadhail.
_________________ Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation. Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí. Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).
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