Leugh...Sgrìobh Online literacy for fluent Gaelic speakers Read...Write
Introduction
 
Lessons
Spelling Rule
Accents
Apostrophe
Letter 'A'
Hyphenation
Suffixes
Prepositions
Punctuation
Multi-syllable Words
Days of the Week
Surnames
Place Names
Borrowed Words
 
Exercises
Find the Error
Fill the Gaps
Spell This
 
 
Gaelic Orthography

Module 1

OLD WAY - NEW WAY SPELLING


  OLD WAY - NEW WAY SPELLING  
 

GOC simplified or standardised the spellings of words like:

OLD WAY NEW WAY
comh-chòrdadh co-chòrdadh
aobhar adhbhar
boirionn boireann
àluinn àlainn
Bìobull Bìoball
dorus doras
maduinn madainn
tigh taigh
mìos (basin) mias