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   What is Scots Gaelic?

   • It is commonly called just Scots Gaelic in Scottish English. It is a sister language of Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic; all three are Goidelic languages. These are related to the Welsh language, Cornish language and the Breton language (these three are Brittonic or Brythonic languages).

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   How is Gaelic pronounced?

   • Aside from "Scottish Gaelic", the language may also be referred to simply as "Gaelic", pronounced / ˈɡælɪk / GAL-ick in English. However, "Gaelic" / ˈɡeɪlɪk / GAY-lik also refers to the Irish language ( Gaeilge) and the Manx language ( Gaelg ).

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   What language family does Gaelic belong to?

   • Gaelic, like English and Scots, belongs to the Indo-European language family. This is the most widespread language family in the world. The family contains some of the languages with the greatest number of speakers (English, Spanish, Hindi and Urdu). It also includes critically endangered languages like Gaelic.

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   Is Scottish Gaelic a Celtic language?

   • The majority of the vocabulary of Scottish Gaelic is of Celtic origin. However, Gaelic contains substantially more words of non-Goidelic extraction than Irish. The main sources of loanwords into Gaelic are the Germanic languages English, Scots and Norse. Other sources include Latin, French and the Brittonic languages.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Goidelic_languagesGoidelic languages - Wikipedia

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   Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. There are three modern Goidelic languages: Irish ( Gaeilge ), Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig ), and Manx ( Gaelg ).

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   • Irish language

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   • Scottish Gaelic

     Scottish Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ æ l ɪ k /, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig...

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   Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ l ɪ k / GAY-lik), is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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   Scottish Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ æ l ɪ k /, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⓘ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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   What is Gaelic? The Gaelic language has been part of the Scottish consciousness for centuries - it's the ancient tongue of Scotland and is considered to be the founding language of the country. Gaelic, like English and Scots, belongs to the Indo-European language family. This is the most widespread language family in the world.

6. www.omniglot.com › writing › gaelicScottish Gaelic language and alphabet - Omniglot

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   Scottish Gaelic at a glance. Native name: Gàidhlig [gaːlɪgʲ] Language family: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular Celtic, Goidelic. Number of speakers: c. 88,000. Spoken in: Scotland and Nova Scotia, Canada. First written: c. 12th century. Writing system: Latin alphabet.

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   Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig, pronounced "Gah-lick") is a Celtic language. It is commonly called just Scots Gaelic in Scottish English. It is a sister language of Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic; all three are Goidelic languages. These are related to the Welsh language, Cornish language and the Breton language (these three are Brittonic or Brythonic ...

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   The Goidelic languages originated in Ireland and are distinguished from the other group of Insular Celtic tongues—the Brythonic —by the retention of the sound q (later developing to k, spelled c ), where Brythonic has developed a p sound. Both sounds are assumed to be derived from an ancestral form * kw in the Indo-European parent language.