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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.
- Celtic Language Family
Welsh is an official language in Wales and Irish is an...
- Ulster Irish
History. Ulster Irish was the main language spoken in most...
- Irish Alphabet
Irish orthography is the set of conventions used to write...
- Status of The Irish Language
The Irish language as the national language is the first...
- Irish Phonology
The Irish stops [t̪ˠ d̪ˠ] are common realizations of the...
- Irish Wikipedia
The Irish Wikipedia (Irish: Vicipéid na Gaeilge), also known...
- History of the Irish language
Even though the Abbey Theatre playwrights wrote in English...
- Celtic Language Family
Irish, Irish Gaelic or Gaelic is a language spoken in Ireland and (less commonly) in Northern Ireland. Irish is a Gaelic and so it is similar to Scottish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic and less so to Breton, Cornish, and Welsh. Many people who speak Irish can understand some Scots Gaelic but not Welsh because the Celtic languages are divided into two ...
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Languages of Ireland. There are a number of languages used in Ireland. Since the late 18th century, English has been the predominant first language, displacing Irish. A large minority claims some ability to use Irish, [2] and it is the first language for a small percentage of the population.
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (Old Irish: Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Irish: Sean-Ghaeilge; Scottish Gaelic: Seann-Ghàidhlig; Manx: Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts.
Irish English is a cover term for varieties of English spoken in Ireland—there are a number of shared features in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary across the forms of English throughout the entire island. Below the level of Irish English, a distinction can be made between English in Ulster (more narrowly Northern Ireland) and varieties ...
