Do Irish people speak another language? What about Scottish people? And what exactly is Galaic?

Answer 1

Irish people speak English or Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge). Scottish people speak English and/or Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and/or Scots.
Irish (Gaeilge), a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland, is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland, and has official recognition in Northern Ireland as well. On 13 June 2005, EU foreign ministers unanimously decided to make Irish an official language of the European Union. The new arrangements will come into effect on 1 January 2007.

According to census figures released by the Central Statistics Office in 2004, out of the Republic's more than 4.3 million citizens there are approximately 1.6 million people claiming a self-reported competence in Irish. Of these, 350,000 reported using Irish every day, 155,000 weekly, 585,000 less often, 460,000 never, and 30,000 didn't state how often. Of the 350,000 who were reported to use Irish every day, the majority are schoolchildren who use it during their classes in Irish. 70,000 people have been quoted as the number of people in the Gaeltacht who use the language as their first and daily language.
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. This branch includes also the Irish and Manx languages. It is distinct from the Brythonic branch, which includes Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. Scottish, Manx and Irish Gaelic are all descended from Old Irish.
Scots has, on the one hand, been traditionally regarded as one of the ancient dialects of English but with its own ancient and distinct dialects. Scots has often been treated as part of English as spoken in Scotland but differs significantly from the Standard Scottish English taught in schools. On the other hand, it has been regarded as a distinct Germanic language the way Swedish is distinct from Danish. Its subordination to Anglo-English has also been compared to the subordination of Frisian to Dutch in the Netherlands. Thus Scots can be interpreted as a collective term for the dialects of English spoken or originating in Scotland, or it can be interpreted as the autochthonous language of Lowland Scotland.

Answer 2

Most Irish speak English. Gaelic is an ancient Irish language and it is still used somewhat. Scottish people speak English.

Answer 3

I am Irish and can speak both English and Gaeilge(irish). Most Irish speak English as first language but in certain areas, The west mostly, Gaeilge is spoken as first language. All people in Ireland learn Irish for at least 6 years.

Answer 4

The "celtic fringe" - Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany in France, Cornwall in England - all have related languages which can broadly be described as Gaelic - or Celtic.

It is a pre-Roman language, which is being helped to survive in to modern times. Traces still survive in modern English, but not many.

Answer 5

the majority of irish speak english , but irish is the native language and is spoken in certain areas

Answer 6

first of all it is spelled gaelic. it is a language possibly
even older than latin, spoken by the celts who populated
ireland, scotland and wales. although all speak english
now, many also speak their areas' version of gaelic which
accounts for their charming accents.