Editing Irish orthography (section)

{{Short description|Spelling and punctuation of the Irish language}}
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'''Irish orthography''' is the [[orthography|set of convention]]s used to write [[Irish language|Irish]]. A [[spelling reform]] in the mid-20th century led to {{lang|ga|[[An Caighdeán Oifigiúil]]}}, the modern [[Standard language|standard]] [[Literary language|written form]] used by the [[Government of Ireland]], which regulates both [[spelling]] and [[grammar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-02 |title=Publications by the Houses of the Oireachtas |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/publications?q=An+Caighde%C3%A1n+Oifigi%C3%BAil |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |language=en-ie}}</ref> The reform removed inter-dialectal [[silent letter]]s, simplified some [[Multigraph (orthography)|letter sequence]]s, and modernised archaic spellings to reflect modern pronunciation, but it also removed letters pronounced in some dialects but not in others.

Irish spelling represents all Irish [[dialect]]s to a high degree despite their considerable phonological variation, e.g. {{lang|ga|crann}} ("tree") is read {{IPA|/kɾˠan̪ˠ/}} in Mayo and [[Ulster Irish|Ulster]], {{IPA|/kɾˠaːn̪ˠ/}} in Galway, or {{IPA|/kɾˠəun̪ˠ/}} in [[Munster Irish|Munster]]. Some words may have dialectal pronunciations not reflected by their standard spelling, and they sometimes have distinct dialectal spellings to reflect this.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irish Gaelic dialects |url=https://www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/gramadach/canuinti.html |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk}}</ref><ref name=":0" />