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This Irish language page is presented as an additional supplement for Linguistic Anthropology General Resources.

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Ceantar: Verb Suffixes in Irish __ Rules to follow when uning verb suffixes in the Irish Gaelic language. - From ceantar.org - http://www.ceantar.org/Lessons/igverbs.html

Fios Feasa: The Irish Language __ "Irish is a Celtic language spoken in a number of small communities, mostly in the west of Ireland, and by larger numbers of people scattered across the country. It has been the spoken language of Ireland for over two thousand years, and has an extensive literature stretching back to the seventh century. While Irish speakers are very much a minority in the Ireland of today, they have an importance to the cultural life of the nation far out of proportion to their numbers." You will find links to additional information. - From fiosfeasa.com - http://www.fiosfeasa.com/bearla/language/intro.htm 

Focal an Lae - The Word of the Day in Irish __ Focal an Lae provides a collection of Irish words may research. Each word provides the meaning, usage, history and more. Several sections with archives and links. - from Dennis King - http://www.lincolnu.edu/~focal/ 

Gaelic Dictionaries Online __ Collection of Scottish and Irish Gaelic dictionaries that may be of use to students who are studying the Irish language. - From centar.org - http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/index.html 
 
A History of the Irish Language __ "Irish and her sister languages, Welsh and Breton, are among the oldest living languages in Europe. Written records go back to the early Christian period when Latin was often the usual written medium. Irish scribes would sometimes 'gloss' or annotate in the margins of their manuscripts, and it is from these glosses that much of our knowledge of 'Old Irish' has come." A brief history of the Irish Language. - from irelandseye.com - http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/culture/talk/irishguide/histir.shtm 

Interactive Irish Lessons __ You have the choice of taking online Irish lessons or viewing Irish words. There are eight lessons available. - From Trinity College Dublin - http://www.maths.tcd.ie/gaeilge/gaelic.html 

Irish Computer Terms: Listing of terms in irish Irish Computer Terms __ While the main text is in Irish - the terms are listed in both Irish and English. - from Unknown - http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/foclora/abhair/riomhaire.html 

Irish language __ "According to statistics released by the Government of Ireland in 2004, there are approximately 1.6 million speakers of Irish in the Republic. Of these, 350,000 use Irish every day, 155,000 weekly, 585,000 less often, 460,000 never, and 30,000 didn't state how often." You will find an encyclopedic article with links to related materials. - from wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language 

Irish language, alphabet and pronunciation __ "Irish is a Celtic language spoken in mainly Ireland (Éire). There are also Irish speakers in the UK (Ríocht Aontaithe), the USA (Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá), Canada (Ceanada) and Australia (an Astráil). According to the 1996 census, 1.43 million people in Ireland claim to have some knowledge of Irish, 353,000 of whom speak it regularly. The main concentrations of Irish speakers are in the Gaeltachtaí, which are scattered mainly along the west coast of Ireland and have a total population of 82,715, 76.3% of whom speak Irish." A good overview - From omniglot.com - http://www.omniglot.com/writing/irish.htm 
 
Irish Language Information and Resources __ A tax exempt, non-profit corporation based in Elberon, NJ, US, dedicated to the promotion and teaching of the Irish language. You will find phrases, proverbs, classes, news and more. - illustrated - from daltai.com - http://www.daltai.com/home.htm 

Irish Tongue Twisters __ Learn the eleven Irish tongue twisters found here. An English translation is provided for each one. - From Michael Reck - http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/ga.htm 

Language Study Abroad Programs: Irish __ You will find useful resources if you are planning to study Irish abroad. - From studyabroad.com - http://programs.studyabroad.com/language/Irish.html 

Solas Eirann: Irish Language Links __ "Page contains links to the following areas, Gaeilge, Irish Gaelic, Irish, Irish Language, Ireland, Irish, Irish lessons and other useful links for learning the native language of Ireland" - From solaseireann.com - http://www.solaseireann.com/temp/SolasLang.html 
 

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