Scottish Gaelic
Celtic language, Alba
Scottish Gaelic is the Celtic language historically spoken in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles.
It is distinct from Scots, which is a Germanic language related to English.
Once widespread in Scotland, Scottish Gaelic now has fewer than 60,000 native speakers, though revival efforts have brought it into schools and media: She learned Scottish Gaelic as a second language.
Family line of descent
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
ballads · oral tradition · Gael · diaspora · emigration · Jacobite · proverbs · place names
Named elevated regions
- tartanPatterned clan fabric
- bagpipesDroning wind instrument
- kiltWrapped Highland garment
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
ceilidh · whisky · haggis · Hogmanay · Burns Night · thistle · caber toss · crofting
Speaking two languages
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- dialectRegional language variety
pronunciation · immersion · learner · native speaker · orthography
Scottish island chain
- SkyeScottish Inner Hebrides island
- LewisCommon British surname
- HarrisScottish textile origin
- Nova ScotiaEastern Canadian maritime province
ancestry
Family line of descent
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
lore · ballads · oral tradition · Gael · diaspora · emigration · Jacobite · proverbs · place names
Highlands
Named elevated regions
clan · ceilidh · whisky · haggis · Hogmanay · Burns Night · thistle · caber toss · crofting · bothy
bilingual
Speaking two languages
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
dialect · pronunciation · immersion · learner · native speaker · orthography
Hebrides
Scottish island chain
- Indigenous LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe
- Indo-European LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- ScotlandGlasgow, Edinburgh, Highlands, whisky, bagpipes
- Celtic CultureCelts, Celtic cross, Celtic knots, Celtic knot, Celtic music
- Celtic heritageCelts, Celtic languages, Celtic mythology, Celtic art, druids
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
Scottish GaelicEnglish
Britain's native tongue
Mandarin Chinese · Spanish · Hindi · Arabic · French
Scottish GaelicJapanese
Of or from Nippon
Mandarin Chinese · Finnish · Hungarian · Basque · Arabic
Scottish GaelicEnglish
Britain's native tongue
British English · Standard English · Queen's English · colonial language · Scots
Scotland, Scottish, Gaelic, Scots, Scotsman, Scotswoman, Scottishness