Leugh...Sgrìobh Online literacy for fluent Gaelic speakers Read...Write
Introduction
 
Lessons
Accents
Apostrophe
Letter 'A'
Hyphenation
Suffixes
Prepositions
Old Way - New Way
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

SPELLING RULE


  SPELLING RULE  
 
  • Most fluent speakers will be familiar with the Gaidhlig Spelling Rule

"leathann ri leathann is caol ri caol"

broad vowels a, o, u - slender vowels e, i

 
 
dìreach
làrach
idir
monadh
ine
nighean
 
 
 
  There are a small number of exceptions to the rule  
 
leagte
togte
bànrigh
feareigin
rudeigin