I understand that it’s a highly inflected language, but maybe there’s a way in without an on-hand speaker? My comments had nothing to do with Irish as it may or may not be spoken in the U.S. Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Indreabhán, Conamara 2004 (leabhar taistil) Gort an Choirce, Ó SEARCAIGH, Séamus: Beatha Cholm Cille. Most of the time we don’t even think about it, other than to chuckle, now and then, about the differences (the phrase “separated by a common language” comes up fairly frequently). A local California kid who was taking Irish whistle lessons was very enthusiastic about the Irish language, hooked up with somebody in Donegal for Skype lessons, and got very good at it. Why not go to Donegal Gaeltacht and inquire?

It works, why despise a method that works? England had an English speaking élite and an English speaking state school system which resulted in the dialects vanishing and today England is left with distinctive regional accents and only minor differences in vocabulary; Standard English won the war against English dialects a long time ago. I maintained my interest in Gaelic and would mention my interest in learning whenever the subject of foreign languages came up, anywhere. Happy learning, I’m sure once you start there’s nothing that can stop you. In other cases, a semantic shift has resulted in quite different meanings attaching to the same word in Ulster Irish and in other dialects. /{{ pronunciation }}/. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Gaelic, Irish in Newfoundland seems to have died out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language_in_Newfoundland, See also: gaelteacht in Ontario https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_North_American_Gaeltacht, Thank you for that insight, Randal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1la2k7gJn4&list=FL1tuI5bq5dl4cM8E1KKMnbQ&index=8. you’d learn: Conas (a) ta tu? I’m passionate about West Munster Irish but that in no way means that I can denigrate or belittle any other dialect of Irish. In some dialects however (Gweedore), cha eclipses all consonants, except b- in the forms of the verb "to be", and sometimes f-: In the Past Tense, some irregular verbs are lenited/eclipsed in the Interrogative/Negative that differ from the standard, due to the various particles that may be preferred: The Ulster dialect uses the present tense of the subjunctive mood in certain cases where other dialects prefer to use the future indicative: The verbal noun can be used in subordinate clauses with a subject different from that of the main clause: Some notable Irish singers who sing songs in the Ulster Irish dialect include Kneecap, Lillis Ó Laoire, Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin. And if you listen to Radio na Gaeltachta online when you’re not studying your learning will increase. Edmund Spenser seems to have had his way. Coiscéim, Baile Átha Cliath 1989 (béaloideas) Lár Thír Chonaill, - Óglach na Rosann. Gaelic is not a forbiddingly difficult language, and resources are there from you to learn it to a very high standard, and you can then hone it with Oideas Gael courses: http://www.oideas-gael.com/en/ (from beginners up to the standard where even completely fluent speakers go to the Gaeltacht for courses to improve idiom etc.) Part 3 (Cuid a Trí): http://www.litriocht.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=5629#.VSfOIvg6jVs Anyone who does not focus on a single dialect and studies that well will never speak Irish naturally; they will end up with a nowhere language, spoken natively by nobody. What looks like a very comprehensive course (books and CDs), and is still in print and devoted to the Ulster dialect is: Risteard Mac Gabhann’s "Tús Maith: Cúrsa féin teagaisc Gaeilge d’aosaigh" (A Good Start: a self-taught course of Irish for adults). Where do you stand on the issue of dialects in Irish?

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