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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 962033" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>Interesting stuff. From what I understand the Celtic languages* are pretty far removed structurally from Romance or Germanic language groups, surprisingly so given how close they are geographically to their core areas, and particularly how close they are to English - which is a adjacent to both Ireland and Scotland, and us now the dominant spoken language in both places. Funny how history effects linguistics.</p><p></p><p>I think the linguistic exchange between Gaelic and other languages came historically very late, largely because the Saxon, then the Roman, then Norman conquests of England (which between them basically defined the hodge-lodge English language - fundamentally Germanic but heavily Latin/French influenced) never reached Scotland or Ireland. While these three linguistic influences (Saxon, Latin, French) intermingled, meanwhile Gaelic was developing pretty much undisturbed. I should caveat that I'm no expert but that's my understanding.</p><p></p><p>*I'm not sure if this is an official linguistic designation? But it makes sense to categorise the two Gaelics and Welsh this way</p><p></p><p>Edit: follow up question, do you know how many true native Irish Gaelic speakers there are, and are they concentrated in particular areas? And what is the age range, are there any children born today who speak Gaelic as their mother tongue?</p><p></p><p>Edit 2: a bit of google research suggests I shouldn't be calling your language Gaelic, I should be calling it Irish. Apologies</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 962033, member: 71826"] Interesting stuff. From what I understand the Celtic languages* are pretty far removed structurally from Romance or Germanic language groups, surprisingly so given how close they are geographically to their core areas, and particularly how close they are to English - which is a adjacent to both Ireland and Scotland, and us now the dominant spoken language in both places. Funny how history effects linguistics. I think the linguistic exchange between Gaelic and other languages came historically very late, largely because the Saxon, then the Roman, then Norman conquests of England (which between them basically defined the hodge-lodge English language - fundamentally Germanic but heavily Latin/French influenced) never reached Scotland or Ireland. While these three linguistic influences (Saxon, Latin, French) intermingled, meanwhile Gaelic was developing pretty much undisturbed. I should caveat that I’m no expert but that’s my understanding. *I’m not sure if this is an official linguistic designation? But it makes sense to categorise the two Gaelics and Welsh this way Edit: follow up question, do you know how many true native Irish Gaelic speakers there are, and are they concentrated in particular areas? And what is the age range, are there any children born today who speak Gaelic as their mother tongue? Edit 2: a bit of google research suggests I shouldn’t be calling your language Gaelic, I should be calling it Irish. Apologies [/QUOTE]
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