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

Module 1

 PLACE NAMES

  PLACE NAMES  
  Place names with more than one Gaelic element should reflect this in the spelling
  • Inbhir Nis
  • Dùn Èideann

The final element of names like

  • Bearnaraigh
  • Sgalpaigh

should always be aigh (not aidh)