Fòram na Gàidhlig

I think that with a language, as with many other things, if you will it, it is no dream. Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) was a major Italian poet and dramatist. But he had to teach himself standard Italian. He came from Piedmont in the extreme north of Italy but he grew up writing in French, his first ...

You definitely need to pay more attention to phonetics than with most languages. I have downloaded Akerbelt's guide to reading Gaelic. I have also found this useful:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_ ... rthography

Frequency lists can be useful for identifying key vocabulary and making sure you don't learn the equivalent of postillion before you learn the equivalent of postman . Certainly some other languages I have learned or studied, like Russian, are well provided with them and they have been useful for me.

Just joined. I know a few hundred words but that is about it, very much a beginner. Help on good Internet resources, high-frequency vocabulary, basic grammar would be much appreciated.