variants. The pronunciation is for Primitive Irish, the language used in the majority of Ogham inscriptions. The names and sounds represented by the letters uath and straif are uncertain. There are many different version of the letter names - the standard ones are used here [with the Primitive Irish ones, where known, in bracketts] - others can be found at: evertype.com.

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Sample texts in Ogham

Ogham stone form Mount Melleray in County Waterford in Ireland.

Transliteration

Na Maqi Lugudeca Muc Cunea

Translation

The Sons of Lugudeca, Son of Cunea

Source: http://www.prehistoricwaterford.com/news/the-stones/

Ogham stone found on Fardel Farm at Cornwood in Devon, and donated to the British Museum in 1861 (photo by Simon Ager).

The Ogham inscription reads " ᚄᚃᚐᚊᚊᚒᚉᚔ | ᚋᚐᚊᚔᚊᚔᚉᚔ ", which transliterated is "SFAQQUCI | MAQIQICI", and means "Of Safaqqucus,The second-year pro was knocked out of the game with a left knee injury late in the fourth quarter of the Redskins' 45-21 loss to the Denver Broncos. Dr. James Andrews tells NFL Media's Omar Ruiz that RGIII is "OK." The Redskins quarterback was removed from the game as a precaution, Ruiz reported. In his postgame news conference, Redskins coach Mike Shanahan told reporters Griffin was kept out "due to (the) score."