Béarla

Irish ga: Etymology ga Béarla gallda foreign speech from ga béarla speech, language, from ga sga bélrae, from sga bél mouth.5638 bélraeanonymous https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/bearla-punt-fliuch-a-history-of-ireland-in-10-little-words-1.4069438 Béarla, Punt, Fliuch: A history of Ireland in 10 little words The Irish Times 2023-11-09 2024-05-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20260510042054/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/bearla-punt-fliuch-a-history-of-ireland-in-10-little-words-1.4069438 10 May 2026 Compare gd Beurla Ghallta Scots and gd Beurla English, also the use of en Bahasa, whose etymon simply means "language". Pronunciation ga /ˈbʲiːa̯ɾˠl̪ˠə/ 42 77 Munster ga /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠə/ Connacht ga /ˈbʲeːɾˠl̪ˠə/ [ˈbʲɛːɾˠl̪ˠə] 35 86 Ulster Proper noun m ~ English language ga Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste. Broken Irish is better than clever English. proverb Usage notes The definite article is not always used with this noun. Synonyms ga Sacsbhéarla Derived terms ga béarlachas<t:Anglicism> Béarlóir<t:English speaker> bun-Bhéarla<t:Basic English> glan-Bhéarla<t:correct English> Lucht an Bhéarla<t:the Englishry> Sean-Bhéarla<t:Old English> Béarla na hAlban<t:Scottish English> Béarla na hÉireann<t:Hiberno-English> Béarlach<t:English-language> is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste Béarla Mheiriceá<t:American English> Related terms ga Béarlóireacht f (act of) speaking English Mutation References smaller Further reading 1 61 ga English Languages