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* It retains the Classical Irish distinction between ''molaidh sé'' /mˠɔlˠətʲ ʃeː/ 'he praises', ''ní mholann sé'' 'he does not praise', ''a mholas sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molas sé'') 'whom he praises (direct relative)', ''a-N molann sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molann sé'') 'he praises (indirect relative)'. | * It retains the Classical Irish distinction between ''molaidh sé'' /mˠɔlˠətʲ ʃeː/ 'he praises', ''ní mholann sé'' 'he does not praise', ''a mholas sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molas sé'') 'whom he praises (direct relative)', ''a-N molann sé'' (neg. ''nach-N molann sé'') 'he praises (indirect relative)'. | ||
* It has some Hebrew syntactic influence in the literary register. | * It has some Hebrew syntactic influence in the literary register. | ||
It has very little influence from English or from Trician languages; however it's innovative in its own particular ways. The Irish of pre-Mac Léivigh literature like Ádhamh na Binne Fiona is quite archaic by our standards, almost identical to Classical Irish with some syntactic Hebraisms. | It has very little influence from English or from Trician languages (except Eevo); however it's innovative in its own particular ways. The Irish of pre-Mac Léivigh literature like Ádhamh na Binne Fiona is quite archaic by our standards, almost identical to Classical Irish with some syntactic Hebraisms. | ||
Today, Cualand Irish is written in a much shallower orthography, introduced by Alastair Mac Léivigh, based on similar principles to Cyrillic. The older orthography, identical to our post-reform Irish orthography but written in Gaelic type, was used in Ádhamh na Binne Fíona's times. | Today, Cualand Irish is written in a much shallower orthography, introduced by Alastair Mac Léivigh, based on similar principles to Cyrillic. The older orthography, identical to our post-reform Irish orthography but written in Gaelic type, was used in Ádhamh na Binne Fíona's times. | ||