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Ireland

Native Lingo - Ireland

Gaelic is one of Ireland’s official languages. One-third of the population speaks the Celtic lan-guage. Three different dialects of Gaelic are spoken. Try saying these Irish words.



Hello.
Dia duit (dee-ah wit).


Goodbye.
Slán agat (slawn uh-gut).


Cheers.
Sláinte (sloyn-cheh)


School
schoil (skull)


friend
cara (kar-ruh).


Thank you.
Go raibh maith agat (guh rah mah ha-gut).


My name is
ana (a-nah).


My name is _______.
is ainm dom (ess en-um dum).


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