Practical Grammar of the Antient Gaelc, or Language of the Isle of Mann, Usually Called Manks (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Practical Grammar of the Antient Gaelc, or Language of the Isle of Mann, Usually Called ManksThe j, k, and q confonants are properly no Manks letters, yet, as we have no fingle characters of our own to exprefs their founds, we have adopted thofe of the Roman alphabet, and infiead of di, according to the Irifh, and ti, according to -the Welfh, we ufe j as yet, God, 3m, John - Ir. Dia, arc. The found of c we often exprefs by k, as, infiead of done, we read time, a head. For aw in m¿iwm, we ufe q as, qua/2m, a quei'cion.The diphthongs, or union of two vowels, are twenty-three, and the triph thongs feveuteen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.