I was driving home from work and turned on the radio(news i thought as thats all i ever listen to) and I heard 2 guys talking in what I though was Farsi but after afew minutes they both started to talk in English and said "this is Gaelic for you who are curious" turned out I had some Irish music program on.
I know both are indo aryan languages but it sounded pretty close like Polish to Ukranian
2006-09-19 15:28:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I am Irish (I was bron in the Republic of Ireland) and I have listened to many people speak Gaelic. I have to agree with you comment... Gaelic and Farsi do sound like similar languages.
2006-09-19 15:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you're focussing on. They both have the glutteral sounds, but I don't think the rhythms and vowel sounds are close. Also, there are many ppl who "try" to speak Irish/Gaelic but pronounce everything wrong. Like a person who has just learned English. A lot of Gaelic dialects have strong influences of Scandinavian origins from the Vikings. It's interesting to find similarities though! There are a few Gaelic songs that could almost sound Asian.
2006-09-21 01:25:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well I am Mexican I dont speak irish Gaelic.. but according to the subject that I am studying called history of the english language..as you say they are Indo European languages the origins of the irish gaelic is the celtic and goidelic and remember
the latin influenced the godelic
.. maybe irish and farsi they sounded similar the sounds sounds.. as well sometimes the german and english sounds similar to me.. cuz both are cousins.. even the english it had another developed in another way. both shares some words in common..I think with the irish it happens maybe farsi and irish it has something in common with the words...I wish I coud learn a little bit of irish.. byeee
2006-09-20 02:26:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both have a gutteral sound thats almost like a hard G followed by an ng like the end of sing. Thats nonexistant in english, so you would pick up on it in both cases as a similiarity among them.
2006-09-19 22:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by Katyushka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My language is Farsi but I don't know Irish hope hear Irish language, then I can tell you.
2006-09-20 04:13:05 · answer #5 · answered by maryam 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's the amazing thing about languages, isn't it. One has to listen to grammar and idiom to get down to the differences.
2006-09-19 22:33:52 · answer #6 · answered by keith 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋