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The Gaels ( / ɡeɪlz / GAYLZ; Irish: Na Gaeil [n̪ˠə ˈɡeːlʲ]; Scottish Gaelic: Na Gàidheil [nə ˈkɛː.al]; Manx: Ny Gaeil [nə ˈɡeːl]) are an ethnolinguistic group [6] native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. [a] [10] They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising Irish, Manx and ...
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Gaeliska språk (även gäliska eller goideliska[ 1]) är en keltisk språkgrupp som talats av gaeler på ön Irland i minst 2 000 år och på västra Skottland i minst 1400 år. Gaeliska språk är också en sammanfattande benämning på de tre moderna keltiska språken iriska, skotsk gaeliska och det återupplivade manx. [ 2][ 3] Iriska är ...
Some Cumbric names have historically been replaced by Scottish Gaelic, Middle English, or Scots equivalents, and in some cases the different forms occur in the historical record. Edinburgh occurs in early Welsh texts as Din Eidyn and in medieval Scottish records as Dunedene (Gaelic Dùn Èideann ), all meaning 'fort of Eidyn '.
Sláinte is the basic form in Irish. Variations of this toast include sláinte mhaith "good health" in Irish ( mhaith being the lenited form of maith "good"). In Irish, the response to sláinte is sláinte agatsa, which translates "to your health as well". The basic Scottish Gaelic equivalent is slàinte (mhath), with the same meaning, to which ...
Gaulish is an extinct Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine).
An Irish Gaelic learner recently told me that Irish has never had informal vs. formal forms, and that it is one of the only indo-european languages to never have had this (apparently English used to have it, but doesn't any more). As a Scottish Gaelic learner, I was surprised to hear this, as I'm quite used to the different forms.
