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mapsontheweb · 6 months

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Percentage of Gaelic/Gàidhlig Speakers, Scotland, 2001.

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#maps #UKLanguageMaps #twsourced #gaelic language #scotland #2001

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cryptid-aac · 6 months

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Should I learn Irish or Norwegian? (Want to learn both but can't decide which to learn first)

#irish language #irish gaelic #gaelic language #irish langblr #norwegian #norwegian language #norwegian langblr #language learning #langblr #langblog #studyblr

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ecoamerica · 23 days

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your-daisyy · 10 months

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Do any Scottish tumblr users have a second?

May or may not need some help coming up with a title for a writing project. I’d like it to be in Scots or Gaelic or something to fit the theme, but online translators are useless.

If I could pick your brain you’d earn my eternal thanks!

#scotland #uk #united kingdom #scots #scots gaelic #gaelic language

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scotianostra · 2 years

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April 30th 1891 saw the formation of An Comunn Gaidhealach a vehicle for the preservation and development of the Gaelic language.

Founded in Oban, it has supported the teaching, learning and use of the Gaelic language and the study and cultivation of Gaelic literature, history, music and art for over 100 years.

Through the organisation and running of the Royal National Mòd and a network of provincial Mòds across Scotland, An Comunn Gaidhealach furthers the aims of supporting and developing all aspects of the Gaelic language, culture, history and heritage at local, national and international levels.

This years Royal National Mòd takes place in Perth will take place from 14-22 October 2022 and will be the first time the city has held the event since 2004..

The Mòd has been held most years in October since 1892. The only years in which the National Mòd was not held were the war years of 1914-1919 and 1939-1946. The “Royal” was not originally part of the name.

It is still the practice of the St Columba’s Church to send a Concert Party to start off the fund-raising, as well as winning the premier Choir competition for the first three years, the church has also had many Mòd Gold Medallists over the years.

The international dimension to the Royal National Mòd continues to grow with the support of EventScotland while the leading Gaelic language promotion and development organisations in Scotland including Bòrd na Gàidhlig and Comunn na Gàidhlig, the Comhairle

Pics include An Comunn’s first publication, 1893, the 2015 programme and the An Comunn Gaidhealac offices in Inverness.

#Scotland #scottish #Gaelic #gaelic organisation #gaelic language #scots gaelic #history

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antvnger · 3 months

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Did you know Fadó (pronounced f'doe) is Gaelic for “long ago” and is commonly used to start a story, similar to “once upon a time.”

Really? Huh. That’s pretty cool!

Fadó. What a cool word. Are different languages so cool? If I remember to use this word, I’m gonna use it.

Thanks for sharing, Anon!

#ask scott lang #scott lang #ant-man #anon asks #gaelic #gaelic language #different languages #ant man #antman

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bampotsdiary · 10 months

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Brochan Lom wis wan eh ma very favourite wee songs thit we yased tae sing at the schule.

The hing is ,the song is written in Erse an naeb'dy ever bothert ther erse tae tell is whit the song wis aw aboot ,so a ayweys jist made noises thit soundit like the wurds when we wir huvin a wee chant tae wirsels .

It wisnae tae the weans sterted singin the song when they wir it the schule thit a fun oot the song wis aboot porridge ,very thin porridge tae be precise.

So when ma Da yased tae say tae me " Will you eat yer brochan porridge " he wisnae swerin efter aw an wis really sayin 'Will you eat yer porridge porridge ' Ay !

In the Gaelic :

Brochan lom, tana lom, brochan lom na sùghain

Brochan lom 's e tana lom 's e brochan lom na sùghain

Inglis translation :

Porridge thin and meagre, porridge thin from sowans.

Porridge thin, it is meagre and thin,it is porridge thin from sowans.

#Gaelic language #Scots language #porridge

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k-wame · 1 month

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So what's Gaelic Football? via ►YouTube CHICKEN SHOP DATE with Amelia Dimoldenberg

#couldn't have said it better myself. body language & all. me at brunch with the dolls honestly lol #paul mescal #gaelic football #aous #all of us strangers #chicken shop date #homoeroticism #aous press #quotes #beautiful men

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ceilidhtransing · 3 months

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Gàidhlig vs Gaeilge

The languages Scots Gaelic* (Gàidhlig) and Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge, also known in English as simply “Irish”) are two separate languages, yet in English they are often both called Gaelic.

However, they are pronounced completely differently.

Gaelic (Scottish) rhymes with Alec

Gaelic (Irish) sounds like Gay-lick

As a fun fact, it's easy to tell apart Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic visually because in Gàidhlig 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 all the accents are grave - “welcome to Scotland”, which you'll see driving over the border, is “fàilte gu Alba” - while in Gaeilge 🇮🇪 all the accents are acute - “welcome to Ireland” is “fáilte go hÉirinn”.

This has been a very friendly PSA from a Scot who has heard Scots Gaelic mispronounced as “Gaylick” too many times - and now you can go on your merry linguistic way confident in your pronunciation of these two words which look identical but sound totally different and refer to two separate things.

*not to be at all confused with the Scots language, which is its own separate thing and very much not included under “Gaelic”

#langblr #languages #learning languages #language learning #linguistics #gaelic #scots gaelic #gàidhlig #irish language #irish gaelic #gaeilge #my posts

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nibmoss · 9 days

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did you hear there’s a new short film that is GAY?? LESBIAN, even???

AND it’s filmed in a minority language?? a CELTIC language, one might say??

AND that it’s available for FREE, with SUBTITLES in both irish AND english??

“FAN” (2024) dir. by cúnla ní bhraonáin morris

watch here 🫶

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beagan-gaidhlig · 4 months

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Duolingo’s decision to lay off thousands of human translators and replace them with AI has sparked a heated controversy. Critics argue that this move disregards the value and expertise that human translators bring to the table.

edit: Additional link (posted Jan 8th, 2024) - "About 10% of contractors were “offboarded,” a company spokesperson said Monday. “We just no longer need as many people to do the type of work some of these contractors were doing. Part of that could be attributed to AI,” the spokesperson said.

Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn said in a November letter to shareholders that the company is using generative AI — a technology that lets users more quickly create text, speech and images — to produce “new content dramatically faster,” such as the scripts to shows that help teach languages. The company also uses AI to generate voices within the app and has introduced a premium tier, Duolingo Max, with AI-generated feedback and conversations in other languages."

#locking this bc i haven't kept up with the news on it and idk if they've backtracked any since january #couldnt find a posting date for that first article but the (now-removed?) reddit post was from around December 2023 #don't wanna vouch for things I haven't used but I have repeatedly heard good things about the gaelic course on mango languages

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mapsontheweb · 1 year

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Map of Ireland in Gaelic, 1948.

#maps #ireland #gaelic language #1948

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ecoamerica · 23 days

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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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geekysteven · 2 years

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[Image description Tweet from HJosephineGiles "The wonderful thing about learning Gaelic is that you start to truly understand the deep, sacred knowledge that's carried in the true names of Scotland's places. Grey hill. Big hill. Big grey hill."]

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#gaelic #Scotland #language

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yvanspijk · 7 months

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Ancient Greek híppos, Latin equus, Irish each, and Icelandic jór all mean 'horse', and Spanish yegua and Romanian iapă mean 'mare'. They're very different, yet they ultimately stem from the same Proto-Indo-European word. They drifted apart due to the sound changes they underwent.

What would their modern English, German, Dutch, French and Italian cognates look like if they had survived? I tell about it on my Patreon.

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ghost-bonezz · 5 months

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wdym i ran out of "hearts" duolingo?? i am full of a love for knowledge is that not enough for you???

#LET ME IN #duolingo #also lmk what languages you guys are learning #im learning high valyrin (?) and scottish gaelic <3

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llyfrenfys · 4 months

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I'm making my opposition to the proposal to severely reduce language provision at the University of Aberdeen known - Scottish Gaelic, an endangered Celtic langauge, is one of the languages at risk of being cut. This would do immense damage to the language revitalisation effort. @uniofaberdeen must reverse this decision and commit to protecting Gaelic and other languages in their institution.

If you feel the same way, you're encouraged to make more posts and stories about the issue to show the University of Aberdeen just how much this decision is frowned upon. Use the hashtag #saveuoalanguages in your posts to get the word out about this.

I'll be travelling tomorrow and wish I could do more right now. But together we can make it known just how unpopular this decision is.

#university of Aberdeen #saveuoalanguages #scottish gaelic #gaidhlig #endangered languages #celtic languages #celtic #gaelic #scotland #scottish #language revitalization #cymblr #celtic studies

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jouster-ari · 1 year

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You can tag with your answers! I chose 11-13. Rebolg if you vote, I'm curious! :3

#Mine are English Spanish French German Welsh Portuguese Vietnamese Gaelic Dutch Arabic Polish and Korean.#polls #poll #linguistics #language

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