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Sad when you think about it, it must be a cool language. I know someone from Wales and her language is similar I suppose, weird but interesting sound and some very long words
it is a pretty nice sounding language , a higher percentage of welsh people speak their native tongue than irish people which is a pretty damning indictment of us considering wales is part of the uk so they had less incentive to keep the language alive
Isn't Irish spoken as the first language by almost everyone who lives on the Aran Islands? And what about other Gaeltacht areas?
To me, Irish, Welsh and Scots Gaelic sounds very similar but I know Welsh is very different from those other 2. I think Welsh is the most widely spoken and well estalished one with hundreds of thousends of native speakers, used as first language by about 20% of Wales. The Welsh even has their own tv shows and series in their language, like that new series Hinterland (Y Gwyn). Does Ireland also have such tv channels?
1,200 inhabitants primarily speak Gaelic, which is the language used in naming the islands and their villages and townlands. Most islanders are also fluent in English.
Isn't Irish spoken as the first language by almost everyone who lives on the Aran Islands? And what about other Gaeltacht areas?
To me, Irish, Welsh and Scots Gaelic sounds very similar but I know Welsh is very different from those other 2. I think Welsh is the most widely spoken and well estalished one with hundreds of thousends of native speakers, used as first language by about 20% of Wales. The Welsh even has their own tv shows and series in their language, like that new series Hinterland (Y Gwyn). Does Ireland also have such tv channels?
im not sure 20% of people in wales are fluent in welsh , I thought it was close to 10% , even that would be double the number of fluent irish speakers in Ireland
only around .5% of scots are fluent in scots gaelic , the language is more or less dead and has been for a long time
their is an irish language tv channel in Ireland , a twice weekly soap opera ( in irish ) is even shown on the channel
check out this cameo from a few years ago from no other than actor Stephen fry
1.2% of Scotland's population can speak Scottish Gaelic, but they are more or less entirely concentrated in the Hebrides, where a majority of people, in some cases, speak Scottish Gaelic as their primary language.
1.2% of Scotland's population can speak Scottish Gaelic, but they are more or less entirely concentrated in the Hebrides, where a majority of people, in some cases, speak Scottish Gaelic as their primary language.
il take your word for it , I do know in the case of Ireland when providing that kind of info, the bar is set extremely low , therefore anyone who has a few words is often listed as being able to speak irish , if the Scottish situation is remotely similar , that 1.2% figure could be a little high
The number of Scottish Gaelic speakers is dwindling though.
im currently doing an irish language course , guy from London is amongst the class , he,s a great charechter but I don't expect him to be fluent anytime soon and when I say soon I mean in the next thousand years
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