Goidelic languages

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Name (Latin)
Goidelic languages
Other forms of name
Gaelic languages
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Celtic languages
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British Isles
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q56433
Library of congress: sh 85055678
Sources of Information
  • Cameron, J. The Gaelic names of plants (Scottish, Irish, and Manx), 1900.
  • The Amer. Heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., c2000(Goidelic n. A subdivision of the Insular Celtic languages that includes Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx; Gaelic n. 2. Any of the Goidelic languages)

Wikipedia description:

The Goidelic ( goy-DEL-ik) or Gaelic languages ( GALE-ik; Irish: teangacha Gaelacha; Scottish Gaelic: cànanan Goidhealach; Manx: çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. There are three modern Goidelic languages: Irish (Gaeilge), Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig), and Manx (Gaelg). Manx died out as a first language in the 20th century but has since been revived to some degree.

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