A pronouncing Gaelic dictionary : to which is prefixed a concise but most comprehensive Gaelic grammar

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by  MacAlpine, Neil

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A PRONOUNCING
GAELIC DICTIONARY:
TOWHICH13PRFFIXED
A COXCISE BUT MOST COMPREHENSIVE GAELIC GRAM^rAIt
NEIL M'ALPO^E,
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WithoutaconsiderableknowledgeofGaelicnopersor.canmakeanyproficlenc*
;evOrInphilology."—i)rJ/urmy,latePrafaaiorofOrientaliMngaages,Edinburgh.
FIFTH EDITION.
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Fr^TiMONiALin favour ofthis Work by 7,ir. Alexander M'Fari.ahe,
CorrectorofthePressfortheGaelicBible.
Sir, Grandtully,7tAAugust1832.
Your GaelicPronouncingDictionarybeingthefirstworkofthehindthat
appeared, willnodoubt meet with avarietyofopinions; Initifits merit*
befullyappreciated,itscirculationwillsoonbeextensivewhereverthatlan-
guageis evena little understood. Yourattention to one mode ofortho-
graphymustgreatlyenhance its value, whileitscheapnessandsuperiority
ofTypography, entitleyouto theesteem ofeverybrother Celt, byyilacing
withinhisreachwhati$fullycompetent togivehima thorough knowledge
ofhisnative Language.
lam. Sir,
Yours,witheverywishofmeritedsuccess,
ALEX. M^FARLANE.
T> Ikla. N. M'ALPINE