What makes the Irish alphabet different from the English alphabet?
- The traditional Irish alphabet only has 18 letters
| 5 Vowels | A, E, I, O, U |
| 13 Consonants | B, C, D, F, G, H, L, M, N, P, R, S, T |
- The following 8 letters usually don’t appear in Irish words
| J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y, Z | BUT! Sometimes these 8 letters are used in Irish for loan words, scientific words or foreign words. |