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Is Irish language is same to Irish Gaelic? So can we consider that Gaelic( Wales,Ireland n Scotland) is the indigenous language of the British Isels? And also can we cansider English is formed from Gaelic with the influence of German and French languages

2006-08-18 13:43:32 · 5 answers · asked by Madhu M 1 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

I mean the English is British English not the American English

2006-08-18 14:00:05 · update #1

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Celtic languages are broken into two groups, Q-Celtic and P-Celtic.

The Q-Celtic language or Goidelic include:

Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge ) spoken in Ireland
Manx Gaelic (Gailck) spoken in the Isle of Man
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) spoken in Scotland

The P-Celtic languages or Brythonic are Welsh, Cornish and French Breton and Gaulish.

The word Gaelic is an anglicisation of the names for any of the three of the Q-Celtic language family group spoken in Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland. Strictly speaking these languages should be called Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx and not Gaelic.

Celts originated from what is now northern Italy and have been document from around 400 BC. The old Celtic language was closest to Italic, which was the precursor of Latin. The English language stems from the Germanic languages.

Both Latin and the Proto-Germanic language were once dialects of Indo-European. So both These languages were once dialects of the same language.

2006-08-19 15:38:47 · answer #1 · answered by alpha 7 · 0 0

Irish and Scottish Gaelic diverged between 400 and 500 years ago - NOT long in terms of language change, it's not that hard for me [native speaker of Scottish Gaelic] to read Irish Gaelic. The pronunciationn has changed more than the written forms. Anyway, they a\re Celtic languages, like Manx, Welsh and Breton. Scottish/Doric/Lallans is more a dialect of English, than a separate language - whichever you want to call it, it is Germanic, not Celtic. In Ireland, you can watch Irish Gaelic programmes on TV, just as you can watch Scottish Gaelic programmes on BBC Alba, or listen to them on Radio nan Gàidheal; and you will find Welsh on S4C. I'm not sure what the situation is in France, whether there is a separate Breizh channel, or just some programmes on Arte. And yes we do send e-mails and write books and create films in our native languages! And yes, Gaelic is still spoken on a daily basis - in fact I haven't spoken English to anyone today, despitvisitingng two lots of friends and going to two shops.

2016-03-26 21:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I've been to Ireland. The official language is Gaelic. But English is also spoken and taught in schools.

All of their street signs, etc., are in both languages.

American English comes from many different languages influence.'

2006-08-18 13:50:28 · answer #3 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 0 1

Southern Irish people speak english with an accent..Gaelic is only used in Northern Ireland

2006-08-18 13:50:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

the dialect is different

2006-08-18 13:48:34 · answer #5 · answered by money 2 · 0 2

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