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Scottish Gaelic alphabet

The Scottish Gaelic alphabet is a way to write words in the Scottish Gaelic language. It is made up of special letters that are different from the alphabet you learn in school.

The Scottish Gaelic alphabet has 18 letters, also called "characters," which are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, and U. These characters are combined in different ways to make words.

Each character has a special sound that it makes when you say it out loud. For example, the character "A" makes the "ah" sound, like in the word "father." The character "B" makes the "buh" sound, like in the word "baby." When you put them together, they make new sounds.

In Scottish Gaelic, there are also combinations of letters that make different sounds. For example, the letters "ch" make a sound like the "ch" in the word "loch," which is a Scottish word for a lake.

So, when people write in Scottish Gaelic, they use these special characters and combinations of letters to make words that sound different from English words. With practice, you can learn to read and write in Scottish Gaelic too!