he sounds and Alphabet of Inter Celtic

The letters used in Inter Celtic are:

A B C CH D E F G GH H I J L M N O P R S T U V Y

The Letters are pronounced as in English accept for the following

The long vowels are pronounced as in Spanish.

A as 'a' in Father

E as 'ay' in Say

I as 'ee' in See

O as 'o' in So

U as 'oo' in Soon

Only 'E' 'I' and 'U' have short values

Short E as 'e' in Bet

Short I as 'i' in Sit

Short U as 'oo' in Look

'E' 'I' and 'U' are given there short pronunciation when they are followed by a doubled consonant.

Benn (ben)

muijj (mwij)

Dunn (doon not dune)

But when these short vowels appear as the last sound in a word there shortness is indicated by -gh. The gh is not pronounced.

Nigh (nih)

egh (eh)

When 'Y' is stressed it is pronounced like 'u' in But

When it is unstressed it sounds like a schwa

he consonants are pronounced as in English accept for the following.

C is always pronounced hard as in 'cook'

CH as in Scottish 'loch'

G is always hard as in 'good'

GH only appears at the end of words and is silent

S when 'S' is next to 'e' or 'i' it is pronounce like 'sh' in ship.

T when 'T' is next to 'e' or 'i' it is pronounced like 'ch' in church.