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1. www.britannica.com › topic › Irish-languageIrish language | Facts, Structure, & Words | Britannica

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   May 19, 2024 · Irish language, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts. Sláinte: The influence of Irish language on English. Britannica editor Jeff Wallenfeldt provides an overview ...

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2. www.reddit.com › r › gaeilgeAmerican looking to start learning : r/gaeilge - Reddit

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   An Caighdeán Oifigiúil aka Book Irish is equivalent to Bokmol in Norwegian and theres Spoken Irish. Theres 3 Provincal Dialects and 20 sub dialects. If you are descendant from Irish people, I recommend figuring out where they were from and learning that dialect. In the words of Patchy, pick a dialect amd stick with it until fluent.

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   What language is spoken in Ireland?

   • Irish language, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts. Britannica editor Jeff Wallenfeldt provides an overview of the Irish language.

   Irish language | Facts, Structure, & Words | Britannica

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   Why do Irish and Scottish Gaelic have different spelling systems?

   • This is because both Irish and Scottish Gaelic use spelling systems derived from Classical Gaelic, the common literary language of Man, Ireland, and Scotland until the Bardic schools closed down in the 17th century, which makes them very etymological. Both Irish and Scottish Gaelic use only 18 letters to represent around 50 phonemes.

   Manx language - Wikipedia

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   What is a dialect in linguistics?

   • Dialect, a variety of a language that signals where a person comes from. The notion is usually interpreted geographically (regional dialect), but it also has some application in relation to a person’s social background (class dialect) or occupation (occupational dialect).

   Dialect | Linguistics, Regional Variations & Dialectology

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   Which Brittonic language is most closely related to Cornish?

   • Breton is most closely related to Cornish, another Southwestern Brittonic language. Welsh and the extinct Cumbric, both Western Brittonic languages, are more distantly related, and the Goidelic languages ( Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic) have a slight connection due to both of their origins being from Insular Celtic. [citation needed]

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Manx_languageManx language - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · Manx is one of the three daughter languages of Old Irish (via Middle Irish), the other two being Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It shares a number of developments in phonology, vocabulary and grammar with its sisters (in some cases only with certain dialects) and shows a number of unique changes.

5. loveireland.substack.com › p › a-guide-to-irish-accentsA Guide to Irish Accents - by Samuel Whisperleaf

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   May 7, 2024 · The Scottish versus Irish accent debate is a popular source of amusement amongst the people of Ireland and Scotland. The distinctiveness of the two accents has resulted in much comic fodder. The Scottish accent is recognised for its deep, broad tones, while the Irish accent is considered lighter and more melodious.

6. www.britannica.com › topic › dialectDialect | Linguistics, Regional Variations & Dialectology

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   May 3, 2024 · standard language. transitional area. geographic dialect. dialect, a variety of a language that signals where a person comes from. The notion is usually interpreted geographically (regional dialect), but it also has some application in relation to a person’s social background (class dialect) or occupation (occupational dialect).

7. www.omniglot.com › celtiadurCeltiadur – Exploring connections between Celtic languages

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   6 days ago · Glens and Valleys. 17th May 2024. Here are some words for valley, glen and related things that are found in some or all of the Celtic languages, and related words in other languages. Strath Croe. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic. *stratos = valley. Old Irish (Goídelc) srath = grassland, swarth.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Breton_languageBreton language - Wikipedia

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   5 days ago · They made it more suitable as a super-dialectal representation of the dialects of Cornouaille, Leon and Trégor (known as from Kernev, Leon and Treger in Breton). This KLT orthography was established in 1911. At the same time writers of the more divergent Vannetais dialect developed a phonetic system also based on that of Le Gonidec.