My maternal great grandfather was a native Scottish Gaelic speaker but because his wife was American and they lived in America they never taught their kids. Now a couple of my aunts and cousins are trying to learn it on Duolingo. I'm also trying to learn Norwegian because that is the original language of my dad's family. And to be honest I've learned more Norwegian than I have Gaelic, because Norwegian is more similar to modern English
@@pleasehelp2446im leanring norwegian too! men jeg snakker ikke godt norsk, i am manx and irish but all of my family got shuffled around so some of them were born in scotland and adopted my native scottish speakers, some are still in douglas 🇮🇲 and then some in ireland or on the shetland islands, but most of my family lives in wales now and we pretty much know some irish, welsh, scottish gaelic, manx etc. its crazy how similar all the languages are
@@archiederham2103 gaelige is the irish word for irish. Gaelige is a gaelic language pronounced "gay- lic" like the commenter said. For scottish it is "gah - lic", again like the commenter said.
@@AnimalsGirlful Sorry but we don't say "gay-lic" in Éire. We say Gaeilge becuase that's how you pronounce the word. NOT "gay-lic". It is pronounced "G-way-ill-gah" There is no "Gay-lic" in the irish lanuage. Some people really try to combat it when they're not even Irish, such as yourself. Also you spelled Gaeilge wrong. idk what your aim is here. You just look pretty stupid now I won't lie.
Scottish Gaelic has just been recognised as a language again! Some parts of Scotland have it taught in schools, so I hope this means we can revive it even more.
Don't know where you got your info but Scottish Gaelic has been avidly promoted by the Scottish government over the past decade or so. There are Gaelic speaking schools popping up throughout the country and the language is much more visible than it has been for a long time
I think he made the mistake of thinking that because the UK government doesnt recognise Gaelic and doesnt do much for the language that nothing is getting done.
I’m welsh and seeing a foreign person speak about our Celtic languages is really nice! Especially welsh as Ireland and Scotland has an abundance of representation in the world
I really admire the effort the Welsh people have put into preserving the Welsh language, of the 3 Celtic nations, you guys are the best. helo o iwerddon 👏
I’m trying to learn welsh as an American and I’m not gonna lie it looks like a toddler went to town on a keyboard and someone decided it was a language
@@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344actually a lot more people speak irish than welsh. Probably because of population but still, but im not sure if you're talking about native.
I'm currently learning Welsh, I live in England and think learning languages is rlly important, it keeps cultures alive and helps form connections. I love learning welsh it's so fun, and I'd reccomend it to anyone trying to learn languages
I re started after gaining my motivation again on Duolingo, im half welsh and want to learn more about there, living in London Me and my family used to go every year to wales by train, got boring and expensive and we might hopefully be looking at a trip to Paris, first time abroad But when we next go wales, I want to understand everything more and maybe even interact with people! Im 13 btw and have to put up with 2 other languages I have no motivation for in school, but now I can say some basic phrases in Welsh! I also looked it up and apparently it’s one of the easiest languages to learn, easier than Spanish which I’ve clearly noticed as you don’t have to memorise verb endings It’s also good for impressing my family because the words are long and look jumbled up lol, but it’s so easy I wish you the best of luck learning too! Nos da!
@@deadaccount2048 that's awesome, I too have to learn French and Spanish in school, niether of which I want to learn, but Welsh I feel like is a fun language to learn. Good luck
The Scottish Gaelic section is just plane wrong. It doesn't receive a lot of protection from tue UK government because linguistic policy is largely a devolved matter, but the Scottish government is doing arguably more than Ireland is. For example: - the Council of Na h-Eileanan Siar, where there is a Gaelic majority, has made it their primary language and Gaelic medium education is the default there - the Highlands and Argyll and Bute require Gaelic education in schools - Gaelic is an official language in all hut name in Scotland, you can use it in parliament, the law is kept in both English and Gaelic etc - Gaelic schools exist all across the country, and the government funds them generously, including taxi services to schools so that students from further away can attend Gaelic schools - virtually all signage north of the Highland boundary fault is bilingual, and some south of it is also bilingual - there has been a massive reknewed interest in Gaelic in the younger generations. Please remember when doing pieces on the British isles that devolved governments function differently, so even if the UK government isn't implementing protections on Gaelic it doesnt mean the Scottish government isn't.
@@colonelturmeric558 But Celtic is a ethno-linguistic term. Not a genetic term, so it makes no sense to call them Celtic, when they don't pray to druids, nor speak a Celtic language like few of the Welsh, Scottish, Irish, and Bretons. If you do a DNA test, most of Western Europe share very similar DNA components, with R1b haplogroup being the most prominent.
My grandparents were Irish immigrants from Co. Galway. Irish was their first language and they spoke it exclusively at home. when they moved to the US, they mostly spoke English outside and never taught their children/grandchildren. it was a different time and people were more worried about fitting in back then (also there was a lot of anti-Irish attitude in the US at the time). I always wished they taught the rest of the family, it's such a beautiful language. I'm glad to see schools are actively teaching it though. I've heard a few schools in Boston and NYC are offer classes as well due to their large Irish immigrant communities there.
There are Irish language courses available online, "Let's learn Irish" being one, and it's free. There are other paid ones also that are inexpensive, ""gael cúltur" being another. We'll worth doing, maith thú 👍
So In france they speak Breton? Are those native celts who moved to that part of france or were they always there and then the Norman’s and franks came and conquered france from the native gaelics ?
@@gregkerna7410 oh Gotchya ok So would you say the native people of france are Gaelic ? Considering france was once called Gaul and then the Roman’s came then franks aka German then Norman’s aka Vikings and combining all those made modern French people ? Is there a reason why French are more darker haired compared to British people who are more blond hair blue eyed? Did Arabs or southern Iberians come and mix with French to make them more dark haired?
@@pol5928 An mhaith a chara! Níl a fhios agam Gaeilge go maith mar cónaím i Baile Átha Cliath. I do very much respect the Gaeltacht though. Good shit lad sorry I made a poor judgement call 🤙
my gran speaks irish and my great aunt which is her sister was separated from her at birth so she is scottish gaelic first language, but my dad's side was born in douglas in isle of man so they speak manx and my mother (gran's child) was born in wales when my gran and grandfather moved here so i speak welsh, and one of my closer friends is from cornwall too, and i do know there's an old man that's breton living down my street too! all everywhere lol
Most Irish people have English as their first language and learn the language to get in touch with our heritage, much like Wales, only we learn it very early on. I've been learning it since I was 4 and I'm 18 now and I'm still not conversational and many Irish people would struggle still in adulthood to speak Irish confidently. It's very much a second language in our brains even though it's our native language. Sadly it has become more of a school subject than a language and I'm sure I'll fall in love with it once I finish my exams. Many pockets of Ireland speak Irish exclusively however. These are small communities. Many Irish speaking schools exists and they churn out many fluent speakers (I've got some mates who are fluent). But it isn't really most people's FIRST language persay
@@spartanx9293That's unfortunately really true. I learned a tiny bit of Irish. I'm from the states which only makes it that much harder to learn but I'm hoping to visit one of the schools to take a course in Gaeilge.
Welsh is now recognised as a language in the UK too not just Wales. People across the UK are seeing increasing uses of yr iaith through many things. A person who I know who receives universal credit (job seekers allowance) was asked on the phone if they want their text reminders in English or Cymraeg. I think it is great! Dw i'n dod o Lerpwl ond dw i'n byw tua hanner awr i ffwrdd yn y car rŵan. Fy telulu byw yn Cymru felly gallaf siarad ychydig Gymraeg, ond dim llawer. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg a dw i eisiau byw yn Gwynedd, Llanberis.
Irishman here. Irish is dying, we all learned it at school but very few people make an attempt to learn it properly. I'm putting in a huge effort to learn it. I am quite good.
Lets not forget that the English tried to destroy the Welsh language. My grandmother was beaten in school by an English teacher for talking in 'that backwards language.' The language of the original Britons.
Except you aren’t original britons alone, most English people have identical dna to the welsh with the exception of the saxon hub kent and the norse hub york. And its not “the english” its a minority and the german and norman aristocratic classes. The idea that English are saxon actually came from victorian aristocracy wanting something to make them superior to scots, welsh and irish. Read up on it. We need to come together as britons, not push apart.
@@colonelturmeric558 then you would not be English. English man is a amalgamation of Anglo Saxon, French, Viking and a sprinkle of Roman. Any original Britons were none of these. They were Celts and Beaker people.
Gaedhlig na hAlbna (Scottish Gaelic) is pronounced gahlig! Just so you know. Manx and Gaedhlig are both very close to Irish, the local Irish community center does trips to Scotland (Gaedhlig speaking areas) so we can understand each other well enough! Manx speaking is closer to Irish, while the written version is closer to Welsh.
Not necessarily a complete language in of itself but Ulster Scots is important to mension, many of our modern slang and phrases as well as ways of speaking in Northern Ireland come from Ulster Scots directly
Im American and when i trace my ancestry... Lord, i have so much ancestry from the Celtic nations of the Isles as well as English up the wazoo. 2nd place is West German.
Go hiontach at fad. Is breá liom mo dteanga Féin. Is aobhainn liom Gaeilge ó an bhreatainn beag co maith. Agus an Albain. Tá súil agam gur thosaigh níos mó daoine ag labhairt na Gaeilge agus go dtiocfaidh siad ar ais chuig a bhfréamhacha agus a n-oidhreacht 🇮🇪☘️💪🏻
Is aobhainn liom gaeilge ach tá tú ceart ná daoine i Éirinn ga níos mo Gaeilge a liabhairt Tá brón orm níl mo Gaeilge go hiontach tá mé as Sasana ach Is tír álainn í éire
Día dhuit! I'm trying to visit Éire from the states and visit Gleann Cholm Cille where there is a little school that teaches Gaeilge. My family is Scots-Irish and proud of it, even though I'm sure everyone in Ireland would roll their eyes at us😂
@jbrennan381 maith thú, well done you for keeping an interest in Your own heritage, nobody's rolling their eyes that's an online thing that is not reflective of real life attitudes. Whether your Irish in America or Ireland, Irish is Your heritage and culture. Go n-éirí leat a chara ☘️👍
@@jbrennan381 That sounds like a great idea man 👍 It would awesome to hear more people speak the Gaelic language. That’s a beautiful part of the country too!
@@Karl_with_a_K Go raibh maith agat a chara! I much appreciate the feedback. My heritage is very important to me, and I'm always looking into ways to grow more in it. Sláinte Mhaith!
Scotch Gaelic means "Scottish irish" kind of like everyone saying Espanol instead of Spanish, coming from an Irish speaker here :) and I'm not saying he made a mistake just a fun fact.
Scotch Gaelic American are we 😂 Nobody in Scotland calls themselves scotch And no scottish Gaelic and Irish are two different languages Stop yacking shite
Gallego is in the Romance language family not related to the Gaelic languages. It does contain more loan words from the Germanic and Gaelic language families than standard Spanish or Portuguese though.
Gallego is in the Romance language family, which is distinct from Celtic languages. There is no Celtic part of Spain. The Celtic parts of Europe is Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany.
Thank victorian aristocracy for that. They started the fallacious idea that the english are germanic because they wanted to feel superior to the welsh, irish and scots
Breton has more speaker than irish, so it's much more prosperous. Not even the irishmen speak their ancestor's language, only a few ten thousands...what a shame.😢
Gaelic is kind of refers to both Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Irish is called Gaeilge in Irish and Scottish Gaelic is Gàidhlig. Scots is actually related to English and is a germanic languages
Briton isn't native, its from the Britanni of Kernow, though the French have mistreated it awfully. Gaulish is the native language, though I think barely spoken outside of academia
Cumbric went existing in the 12th century, correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think anyone can actually speak it beyond theoretical linguistic reconstructions
Breton is actually in big danger because of French government policy towards it: discrimination in every day life and schooling. No official statute and s.o.. Other celtic countries should join together to begin a protest campaign against French consulates and Embassies in their respective areas. Kenavo.
Wrong! Welsh is alive and kicking - a large number of native speakers, and increasing. In north Wales, whole communities speak it at home as well as in the community. It's the language of teaching in schools, and there are TV channels in Welsh. Why don't you look it up?
@@Motofanable there’s loads and loads of Irish colleges in Boston and areas around there, lots of hurling teams and Irish institutions, a lot of Americans want to learn Irish to discover their roots, it’s taught in schools here mandatorily and there’s areas where people only speak in Irish…not gonna speak for the Welsh language but Irish is far from dead bro
I find it quite interesting how a matter of factual truth can be so controversial. Both Irish and Scottish are Gaelic languages. That has nothing to do with the Irish term for the Irish language, which likely has the same linguistic root, but is still a different term. Gaelic languages are nothing more than a branch within the Celtic languages. Welsh for example is NOT a Gaelic language. In other words: Irish an Scottish are much more closely related than Scottish and Welsh, for example. In some languages, it's common to refer to Irish as "Gaelic" without the Irish altogether (like "gälisch" in German - most Germans wouldn't even think of a language if you just said "irisch" unless you added the "gälisch"). I know that for some reason this is a highly sensitive issue for the Irish. Anyway, since there are several terms close to each other, it's easy to get confused.
There is no such thing as indo - European languages family. This classification is useless and often misleading. Better to identify languages based on their origin and location of current usage.
@@coolfix948 There’s a good book my Manchán Magan called “32 words for field” there’s a chapter in it called India where he describes exactly this, the indo part of the Indo-European language that is Irish. Can’t recall them all but a fun example is Brahmin & Breitheamh and there shared origins, meanings and roles in society.
@@oro7114 you know all these are thoroughly rejected by braman in India. They think it's native to India and there is no Europe in it. Dravidians never considered them as of India.
This couldn't be more wrong as place names of Indo-European origin are all over the British Isles. The root word of "Thames", referring to river itself is related to the Sanskrit word _Tamesis_ meaning "dark" and there is a river in India called the Tamesa thet is a tributary of the Ganges. Old Irish and Sanskrit actually share many words in common. OIr:bodhar S: bodhira (deaf) OIr: aíre S: arya (noble) OIr: noéb S: naib (good) OIr: namas S: nemed (sanctuary) OIr: -uid S: vid (knowledge) Olr: ech S: asva (horse) There is the image of Uffington horse as well that suggest or indicates that horses were esteemed across Indo-European societies, and the Old Irish _rí_ and the Sanskrit _raj_ and is clearly related to the Latin _rex_ which couldn't be mere coincidence. The Indo-European languages are divided into two groups _centum_ and _satem_ because of Velar and Palatal changes that occurred.
Proud Gaelic speaker 🏴
Proud welsh speaker 🏴
My maternal great grandfather was a native Scottish Gaelic speaker but because his wife was American and they lived in America they never taught their kids. Now a couple of my aunts and cousins are trying to learn it on Duolingo. I'm also trying to learn Norwegian because that is the original language of my dad's family. And to be honest I've learned more Norwegian than I have Gaelic, because Norwegian is more similar to modern English
@@HyperC-rz2oe Cŵl - dw i'n dysgu, a fy machgen yn mynd i'r ysgol cymraeg. 👍
@@HyperC-rz2oecymru am byth!
@@pleasehelp2446im leanring norwegian too! men jeg snakker ikke godt norsk, i am manx and irish but all of my family got shuffled around so some of them were born in scotland and adopted my native scottish speakers, some are still in douglas 🇮🇲 and then some in ireland or on the shetland islands, but most of my family lives in wales now and we pretty much know some irish, welsh, scottish gaelic, manx etc. its crazy how similar all the languages are
It's pronounced Scottish "Gah-lic". "Gay-lic" is Irish
No you’re wrong
It’s pronounced Gailic, I’ve been learning it for a long time 😛
No, in Ireland it’s “Gaeilge”
@@archiederham2103 gaelige is the irish word for irish. Gaelige is a gaelic language pronounced "gay- lic" like the commenter said. For scottish it is "gah - lic", again like the commenter said.
@@AnimalsGirlful Sorry but we don't say "gay-lic" in Éire. We say Gaeilge becuase that's how you pronounce the word. NOT "gay-lic". It is pronounced "G-way-ill-gah" There is no "Gay-lic" in the irish lanuage. Some people really try to combat it when they're not even Irish, such as yourself. Also you spelled Gaeilge wrong. idk what your aim is here. You just look pretty stupid now I won't lie.
Scottish Gaelic has just been recognised as a language again! Some parts of Scotland have it taught in schools, so I hope this means we can revive it even more.
scotland is keeping the language alive they have stuff written in gaelic like police cars ambulances fire engines government buildings and so on
Barely m8
You got about 50000 speaker in a population of 5000000 people. Wales has 3000000 population and 900000 speakers
@@purpleaki933 what’s your point also what a shit name
And in Cornwall there is some gibberish on their busses "goesy hoeply deeyyi erruiy oiut frreiom " words like that
I’ve lived in the capital city of Scotland my whole life and I’ve never seen a single word in Gaelic before
Don't know where you got your info but Scottish Gaelic has been avidly promoted by the Scottish government over the past decade or so. There are Gaelic speaking schools popping up throughout the country and the language is much more visible than it has been for a long time
He's a moron
I think he made the mistake of thinking that because the UK government doesnt recognise Gaelic and doesnt do much for the language that nothing is getting done.
I’m welsh and seeing a foreign person speak about our Celtic languages is really nice! Especially welsh as Ireland and Scotland has an abundance of representation in the world
Dwin cymraeg iaith gynta a dwin hollol cytuno efo chdi :)
I really admire the effort the Welsh people have put into preserving the Welsh language, of the 3 Celtic nations, you guys are the best. helo o iwerddon 👏
I'm trying to start learning...
I hope your people learns more.
I’m trying to learn welsh as an American and I’m not gonna lie it looks like a toddler went to town on a keyboard and someone decided it was a language
as a Welsh person, I agree we have a small dose of Irish speakers!
I believe there's like way more native Welsh speakers then native Irish speakers
@@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344actually a lot more people speak irish than welsh. Probably because of population but still, but im not sure if you're talking about native.
@@9SRR Not fluently. Theres 300,000 fluently Irish speakers vs 900,000 Welsh speakers
I'm from France and the Breton is starting to be more spoken and learned but it annoy me the government do nothing about that
Les 3emes en 2023 on pu faire leur brevet en breton dans les écoles spécialisées
Why it annoys u it's a beautiful language
the government annoys them, not the language @@amirleo2051
@@amirleo2051sorry just to be clear: they're annoyed by the attacks from the state towards the language
I suppose doing nothing is an improvement on actively trying to eradicate it as they did for about 200 years
I'm currently learning Welsh, I live in England and think learning languages is rlly important, it keeps cultures alive and helps form connections. I love learning welsh it's so fun, and I'd reccomend it to anyone trying to learn languages
Dwi’n falch dy fod yn dysgu cymraeg! 😊pob lwc !
I re started after gaining my motivation again on Duolingo, im half welsh and want to learn more about there, living in London
Me and my family used to go every year to wales by train, got boring and expensive and we might hopefully be looking at a trip to Paris, first time abroad
But when we next go wales, I want to understand everything more and maybe even interact with people! Im 13 btw and have to put up with 2 other languages I have no motivation for in school, but now I can say some basic phrases in Welsh! I also looked it up and apparently it’s one of the easiest languages to learn, easier than Spanish which I’ve clearly noticed as you don’t have to memorise verb endings
It’s also good for impressing my family because the words are long and look jumbled up lol, but it’s so easy
I wish you the best of luck learning too! Nos da!
@@deadaccount2048 that's awesome, I too have to learn French and Spanish in school, niether of which I want to learn, but Welsh I feel like is a fun language to learn. Good luck
I refuse to acknowledge welsh as a language until they figure out the letter "w".
@@anthonyruiz1493I mean you could say the same thing about English and "y"
I live in Israel and I have celtic roots and I am very proud of it.
Great mix!
my family heritage has 2% israeli roots! cŵl iawn haha
The Scottish Gaelic section is just plane wrong. It doesn't receive a lot of protection from tue UK government because linguistic policy is largely a devolved matter, but the Scottish government is doing arguably more than Ireland is. For example:
- the Council of Na h-Eileanan Siar, where there is a Gaelic majority, has made it their primary language and Gaelic medium education is the default there
- the Highlands and Argyll and Bute require Gaelic education in schools
- Gaelic is an official language in all hut name in Scotland, you can use it in parliament, the law is kept in both English and Gaelic etc
- Gaelic schools exist all across the country, and the government funds them generously, including taxi services to schools so that students from further away can attend Gaelic schools
- virtually all signage north of the Highland boundary fault is bilingual, and some south of it is also bilingual
- there has been a massive reknewed interest in Gaelic in the younger generations.
Please remember when doing pieces on the British isles that devolved governments function differently, so even if the UK government isn't implementing protections on Gaelic it doesnt mean the Scottish government isn't.
It's pronounced gah-lick in Scotland
It's crazy how the Celts were the most spread out across Western Europe before the heavy Romanization and Germanization periods.
Most english are still majority “celtic”, just not by language hence the quotation marks
@@colonelturmeric558 But Celtic is a ethno-linguistic term. Not a genetic term, so it makes no sense to call them Celtic, when they don't pray to druids, nor speak a Celtic language like few of the Welsh, Scottish, Irish, and Bretons. If you do a DNA test, most of Western Europe share very similar DNA components, with R1b haplogroup being the most prominent.
My grandparents were Irish immigrants from Co. Galway. Irish was their first language and they spoke it exclusively at home. when they moved to the US, they mostly spoke English outside and never taught their children/grandchildren. it was a different time and people were more worried about fitting in back then (also there was a lot of anti-Irish attitude in the US at the time). I always wished they taught the rest of the family, it's such a beautiful language. I'm glad to see schools are actively teaching it though. I've heard a few schools in Boston and NYC are offer classes as well due to their large Irish immigrant communities there.
There are Irish language courses available online, "Let's learn Irish" being one, and it's free. There are other paid ones also that are inexpensive, ""gael cúltur" being another. We'll worth doing, maith thú 👍
Please don't forget breton, there's a lot of speakers and it is an important language in our region, trugarez ha kenavo ar wech all
So In france they speak Breton?
Are those native celts who moved to that part of france or were they always there and then the Norman’s and franks came and conquered france from the native gaelics ?
@@therealityofthings9574Celts have been living in France for a long time, before the Romans and germanics
@@therealityofthings9574no, only in brittany. They were mostly britons like cornish and welsh people who migrated after anglo saxons came
@@gregkerna7410 oh Gotchya ok
So would you say the native people of france are Gaelic ? Considering france was once called Gaul and then the Roman’s came then franks aka German then Norman’s aka Vikings and combining all those made modern French people ?
Is there a reason why French are more darker haired compared to British people who are more blond hair blue eyed? Did Arabs or southern Iberians come and mix with French to make them more dark haired?
@@therealityofthings9574 Celts from britain are Gaelic or Brythonic, Welsh, Bretons and Cornish are all brythonic
Thank you for not incorrectly calling Irish “Gaelic”
I am from southern Germany and I wish Our ancient Celtic languages to be revived and to coexist with German
Almost no one speaks Gaeilge in Éire. But it’s nice that ye mentioned us! Maith an fear! Sláinte 🥃
Labhairt duit fhéin tá Gaeilge ag cuid is mo do na ndaoine i shaol s’agam
@@pol5928 An mhaith a chara! Níl a fhios agam Gaeilge go maith mar cónaím i Baile Átha Cliath. I do very much respect the Gaeltacht though. Good shit lad sorry I made a poor judgement call 🤙
Lmao forgot the m in mBaile
@@archiederham2103 táim i mo gcónaí i mBéal Feirste mo chara
@@archiederham2103 is fearr Gaeilge briste na mBéarla cliste
my gran speaks irish and my great aunt which is her sister was separated from her at birth so she is scottish gaelic first language, but my dad's side was born in douglas in isle of man so they speak manx and my mother (gran's child) was born in wales when my gran and grandfather moved here so i speak welsh, and one of my closer friends is from cornwall too, and i do know there's an old man that's breton living down my street too! all everywhere lol
Most Irish people have English as their first language and learn the language to get in touch with our heritage, much like Wales, only we learn it very early on. I've been learning it since I was 4 and I'm 18 now and I'm still not conversational and many Irish people would struggle still in adulthood to speak Irish confidently. It's very much a second language in our brains even though it's our native language. Sadly it has become more of a school subject than a language and I'm sure I'll fall in love with it once I finish my exams. Many pockets of Ireland speak Irish exclusively however. These are small communities. Many Irish speaking schools exists and they churn out many fluent speakers (I've got some mates who are fluent). But it isn't really most people's FIRST language persay
If you don't learn early you probably never will because Celtic languages are the bane of all English speakers
@@spartanx9293 yeah, I'm taking Honours Irish for my exams, pain in the hole sometimes
@@spartanx9293That's unfortunately really true. I learned a tiny bit of Irish. I'm from the states which only makes it that much harder to learn but I'm hoping to visit one of the schools to take a course in Gaeilge.
A little bit every day goes a long way
@@ghidxrah2102 14 years wasn't enough for me anyway
Welsh is now recognised as a language in the UK too not just Wales. People across the UK are seeing increasing uses of yr iaith through many things. A person who I know who receives universal credit (job seekers allowance) was asked on the phone if they want their text reminders in English or Cymraeg. I think it is great!
Dw i'n dod o Lerpwl ond dw i'n byw tua hanner awr i ffwrdd yn y car rŵan. Fy telulu byw yn Cymru felly gallaf siarad ychydig Gymraeg, ond dim llawer. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg a dw i eisiau byw yn Gwynedd, Llanberis.
I am learning manx. I need to be fluent in scottish gaelic though to learn it.
It’s ‘Gah-Lick’ also believe me I’m scottish
Irishman here. Irish is dying, we all learned it at school but very few people make an attempt to learn it properly. I'm putting in a huge effort to learn it. I am quite good.
Go hiontach ar fad! 👏🏻👍🏻
Same with Welsh
@@pauliewalnuts5803 how?
@@jamburga321 look at the original comment all of that applies to Wales too
As an irish man , Gaeilge is not dying 😅 if not 80% of the midlands no basic irish
Been learning Scots Gaelic for a bit now- it’s a beautiful language!
i'm from britanny, have an irish heritage and i'm pretty disappointed i can't speak any of the two languages.
I'm learning Welsh. I'm from Southern West Virginia originally but my family history is Welsh.
Gwych! Dw i'n byw yn Efrog Newydd (dim ddinas).
Lets not forget that the English tried to destroy the Welsh language. My grandmother was beaten in school by an English teacher for talking in 'that backwards language.' The language of the original Britons.
Yeah because the English way is a really forward and sustainable way of live huh?
"That backward language ".....dreadful. Not all English people are so vile. I will apologise on their behalf.
Except you aren’t original britons alone, most English people have identical dna to the welsh with the exception of the saxon hub kent and the norse hub york. And its not “the english” its a minority and the german and norman aristocratic classes. The idea that English are saxon actually came from victorian aristocracy wanting something to make them superior to scots, welsh and irish. Read up on it. We need to come together as britons, not push apart.
@@colonelturmeric558 then you would not be English. English man is a amalgamation of Anglo Saxon, French, Viking and a sprinkle of Roman. Any original Britons were none of these. They were Celts and Beaker people.
Gaedhlig na hAlbna (Scottish Gaelic) is pronounced gahlig! Just so you know.
Manx and Gaedhlig are both very close to Irish, the local Irish community center does trips to Scotland (Gaedhlig speaking areas) so we can understand each other well enough! Manx speaking is closer to Irish, while the written version is closer to Welsh.
Is breá liom mo theanga 🇮🇪
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RIP Cornish 😔
Galicia and brittany
There is extreme spiritual power in learning your mother tongue. When I started learning Welsh a lot of my anger just went away 🤷🏻♂️
Not necessarily a complete language in of itself but Ulster Scots is important to mension, many of our modern slang and phrases as well as ways of speaking in Northern Ireland come from Ulster Scots directly
Im American and when i trace my ancestry... Lord, i have so much ancestry from the Celtic nations of the Isles as well as English up the wazoo. 2nd place is West German.
From the ashes.........
Manx and cornich? Never heard of it.
Irish has 3% native speakers. 3% of the whole Irish population. Not healthy at all.
Go hiontach at fad. Is breá liom mo dteanga Féin. Is aobhainn liom Gaeilge ó an bhreatainn beag co maith. Agus an Albain. Tá súil agam gur thosaigh níos mó daoine ag labhairt na Gaeilge agus go dtiocfaidh siad ar ais chuig a bhfréamhacha agus a n-oidhreacht 🇮🇪☘️💪🏻
Is aobhainn liom gaeilge ach tá tú ceart ná daoine i Éirinn ga níos mo Gaeilge a liabhairt
Tá brón orm níl mo Gaeilge go hiontach tá mé as Sasana ach Is tír álainn í éire
Día dhuit! I'm trying to visit Éire from the states and visit Gleann Cholm Cille where there is a little school that teaches Gaeilge. My family is Scots-Irish and proud of it, even though I'm sure everyone in Ireland would roll their eyes at us😂
@jbrennan381 maith thú, well done you for keeping an interest in Your own heritage, nobody's rolling their eyes that's an online thing that is not reflective of real life attitudes. Whether your Irish in America or Ireland, Irish is Your heritage and culture. Go n-éirí leat a chara ☘️👍
@@jbrennan381 That sounds like a great idea man 👍 It would awesome to hear more people speak the Gaelic language. That’s a beautiful part of the country too!
@@Karl_with_a_K Go raibh maith agat a chara! I much appreciate the feedback. My heritage is very important to me, and I'm always looking into ways to grow more in it. Sláinte Mhaith!
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Scotch Gaelic means "Scottish irish" kind of like everyone saying Espanol instead of Spanish, coming from an Irish speaker here :) and I'm not saying he made a mistake just a fun fact.
Another (sorta) related fact, The Scots language used to refer to itself as Inglish and Gaelic was called Scottis until after the Jacobite rising
Scotch Gaelic
American are we 😂
Nobody in Scotland calls themselves scotch
And no scottish Gaelic and Irish are two different languages
Stop yacking shite
What about Gallego, traditionally spoken in northwestern Spain?
Gallego is a Romance language, closely related to Portuguese.
Gallego is in the Romance language family not related to the Gaelic languages. It does contain more loan words from the Germanic and Gaelic language families than standard Spanish or Portuguese though.
Gallego is in the Romance language family, which is distinct from Celtic languages. There is no Celtic part of Spain. The Celtic parts of Europe is Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany.
I’m welsh
Breton is more widely spoken to fluncy level than Irish
Interesting
Garlic
Breton
I speal scottish gaelic !
The UK tried it's best to destroy Welsh too. My grandmother had scars on her knuckles from where she was hit for speaking Welsh in school
Thank victorian aristocracy for that. They started the fallacious idea that the english are germanic because they wanted to feel superior to the welsh, irish and scots
Breton has more speaker than irish, so it's much more prosperous. Not even the irishmen speak their ancestor's language, only a few ten thousands...what a shame.😢
Tá Gàidhlig Gaeilge agus Cymraeg agamsa ❤
Hi I'm late to the party, but can you explain to me the diffrence between gaelic, Irish, Scottish gaelic and Scotts?
Gaelic is kind of refers to both Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Irish is called Gaeilge in Irish and Scottish Gaelic is Gàidhlig. Scots is actually related to English and is a germanic languages
@@jbrennan381 thank you!
@@charlottegibson1474 no problem!
You forgot Basque
Briton isn't native, its from the Britanni of Kernow, though the French have mistreated it awfully. Gaulish is the native language, though I think barely spoken outside of academia
Didn’t know there was a language called Breton. The only Breton I knew of was from skyrim 💀 lol
That “hi welcome to” really got me 😂
What about Cumbric and Galwegian? I feel like they should have been mentioned here.
Cumbric went existing in the 12th century, correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think anyone can actually speak it beyond theoretical linguistic reconstructions
Galwegian unfortunately died in the 1700s
Let's go on from Ireland
I love Ireland
Liom maith Éire agam, did i say that correctly
@@uriurw8630i think you mean is maith liom Éire
Celtic languages are the languages of Tolkiens Elves
Breton is actually in big danger because of French government policy towards it: discrimination in every day life and schooling. No official statute and s.o.. Other celtic countries should join together to begin a protest campaign against French consulates and Embassies in their respective areas. Kenavo.
What language was your final sentence spoken in. It obviously wasn't English because it was totally unintelligible to me.
Surely they are English speakers learning it to get in touch with their heritage not “get back in touch”
Wrong! Welsh is alive and kicking - a large number of native speakers, and increasing. In north Wales, whole communities speak it at home as well as in the community. It's the language of teaching in schools, and there are TV channels in Welsh. Why don't you look it up?
Welsh is so much more than irish
So much more what? Easy? Hard? Spoken?
@@fanaticofmetal alive, Irish language is actually dying.
@@Motofanable beo go deo
@@Motofanable there’s loads and loads of Irish colleges in Boston and areas around there, lots of hurling teams and Irish institutions, a lot of Americans want to learn Irish to discover their roots, it’s taught in schools here mandatorily and there’s areas where people only speak in Irish…not gonna speak for the Welsh language but Irish is far from dead bro
Yeah Welsh is probably the only Celtic language that will actually probably be able to make their entire country speak Welsh at one point.
Are the bastketball teams
Celtic languages
I find it quite interesting how a matter of factual truth can be so controversial.
Both Irish and Scottish are Gaelic languages. That has nothing to do with the Irish term for the Irish language, which likely has the same linguistic root, but is still a different term.
Gaelic languages are nothing more than a branch within the Celtic languages. Welsh for example is NOT a Gaelic language. In other words: Irish an Scottish are much more closely related than Scottish and Welsh, for example.
In some languages, it's common to refer to Irish as "Gaelic" without the Irish altogether (like "gälisch" in German - most Germans wouldn't even think of a language if you just said "irisch" unless you added the "gälisch"). I know that for some reason this is a highly sensitive issue for the Irish.
Anyway, since there are several terms close to each other, it's easy to get confused.
I forgot to mention: "gaelic" and "goidelic" both mean the exact same thing. No, there's no difference.
Welsh is far more alive than irish. This is because of imperial history & irish being more difficult to master.
Cornish ?
I'm cornish
Dude your completely wrong . I'm Irish and speak it get your facts straight
Learn your culture, time keep irish.and Scottish alive
Gallacian?
The modern Gallacian is a Romance language born from Latin, the old Celtic Gallacian language went extinct in the first century A.D.
Galician
Which means hello how are you
Día dhuit. Conas a tá tú.
WHERES GAULISH
Bore da welsh school i go to
Rwyn fynd I ysgol Cymraeg hefyd
Source: skimmed the Wikipedia page
Dùin do fleekin chab
Almost everything that you've said in this video is wrong. Remarkable
What else is remarkable is whenever someone says this, they never clarify.
No one speaks welsh mate
And thats coming from a welshman
Tell that to the 17-20% of the population who speak it fluently
It’s not keltic it’s seltic the way you say it
Ok i don't care
There is no such thing as indo - European languages family. This classification is useless and often misleading. Better to identify languages based on their origin and location of current usage.
You are factually incorrect.
@Lee Smith what "indo" doing in indo European languages ?
@@coolfix948 There’s a good book my Manchán Magan called “32 words for field” there’s a chapter in it called India where he describes exactly this, the indo part of the Indo-European language that is Irish. Can’t recall them all but a fun example is Brahmin & Breitheamh and there shared origins, meanings and roles in society.
@@oro7114 you know all these are thoroughly rejected by braman in India. They think it's native to India and there is no Europe in it. Dravidians never considered them as of India.
This couldn't be more wrong as place names of Indo-European origin are all over the British Isles.
The root word of "Thames", referring to river itself is related to the Sanskrit word _Tamesis_ meaning "dark" and there is a river in India called the Tamesa thet is a tributary of the Ganges.
Old Irish and Sanskrit actually share many words in common.
OIr:bodhar S: bodhira (deaf)
OIr: aíre S: arya (noble)
OIr: noéb S: naib (good)
OIr: namas S: nemed (sanctuary)
OIr: -uid S: vid (knowledge)
Olr: ech S: asva (horse)
There is the image of Uffington horse as well that suggest or indicates that horses were esteemed across Indo-European societies, and the Old Irish _rí_ and the Sanskrit _raj_ and
is clearly related to the Latin _rex_ which couldn't be mere coincidence.
The Indo-European languages are divided into two groups _centum_ and _satem_ because of Velar and Palatal changes that occurred.
Breton
Breton