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	Scottish Gaelic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gaelic is the traditional language of the Scotti or Gaels, and the historical language of the majority of Scotland.
		The Gaelic language displaced the native Pictish, and until the late 15th century it was known in Inglis as Scottis.
		Lowland Gaelic was spoken in the southern regions of Scotland prior to the introduction of Lowland Scots.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaelic_language (3552 words)

	Goidelic languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Goidelic languages were once restricted to Ireland, but in the 6th century Irish colonists and invaders began migrating to what are now northern England and Scotland and eventually assimilated the Brythonic language speakers who lived there.
		Manx, the former common language of the Isle of Man, is descended from the Gaelic spoken in north east Ireland and the now extinct Gaelic of Galloway (Scotland), with heavy influence from Old Norse because of the Viking invasions.
		Ireland's national language is the 21st to be given such recognition by the EU and previously had the status of a treaty language.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Goidelic (1031 words)

	Goidelic languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manx, the former common language of the Isle of Man, is descended from the Gaelic spoken in north east Ireland and the now extinct Gaelic of Galloway (in southwest Scotland), with heavy influence from Old Norse because of the Viking invasions.
		Middle Irish, the ancestor of the modern Goidelic languages, is the name for the language as used from the 10th to the 16th century.
		A form of Middle Irish was used as a literary language in Ireland until the 17th century and in Scotland until the 18th century; the Ethnologue gives the name "Hiberno-Scottish Gaelic" to this purely written language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaelic_languages (1235 words)

	Scottish languages, Gaelic and Scots
		By the latest census in 1991 the language was brought down to 66.000, a poor 1,5% of a population of 5+ million.
		But Scots, the language with many speakers and low status, enjoys nowhere near the public support and awareness that is afforded Gaelic, which has far fewer speakers but at the same time carries far greater symbolic weight.
		Gaelic belongs to another family of languages, Celtic, and is very closely related to Irish.
	www.olestig.dk /scotland/scottishlanguages.html (859 words)

	Gaelic / Goidelic - Language Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is also known as Gaelic, or Q-Celtic because of the way that words in Brythonic that begin with "B" or "P" begin with "C" or "K" in Gaelic languages.
		Goidelic languages may once have been common on the Atlanic coast of Europe and there is some evidence that they were spoken in the region of Galicia in modern Spain.
		Irish Gaelic, (known as 'Irish', formerly 'Erse'), is one of Ireland's two official languages and is still fairly widely spoken in the west of Ireland.
	www.geocities.com /language_directory/languages/gaelic.htm (361 words)

	Gaelic - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Goidelic languages were once restricted to Ireland, but in the 6th century Irish colonists and invaders began migrating to Scotland and eventually assimilated the Brythonic language speakers who lived there.
		Before the 12th century Scottish Gaelic was Scotland's major language, but the introduction of the Germanic Scots language and the English language reversed that, excluding Scottish speakers to the Highlands.
		However today more and more people are learning the language, and the Scottish Parliament has afforded the language some official status, sparking hopes that Scottish Gaelic can be saved from extinction and revived to a certain degree.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /gaelic.htm (950 words)

	The Gaelic Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gaelic is an English word for any of three languages which form one half of the Celtic language family group.
		Gaelic was in danger of being exterminated in many of the traditional Gaelic speaking areas, but now a Gaelic renaissance has slowed this trend if not yet reversed it.
		The spelling revision in Irish Gaelic about 40 years ago did away with a lot of letters in the middle or at the ends of words which were no longer pronounced.
	www.qivmg.com /scottish/gaeliclang.htm (468 words)

	Language - Mezzofanti.org
		Scots Gaelic experienced its literary renaissance in the 18th century, and came under standardization with the publication of the Scottish Bible in 1801.
		Goidelic Gaelic is the first form of Gaelic to appear in the British Isles and Ireland, being comprised of Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic.
		BBC Scottish Gaelic Programme - Listen to the Scottish Gaelic language being spoken in real-time with the BBC Scottish Gaelic Programme.
	www.mezzofanti.org /scots.html (1423 words)

	Gaelic Scotland - Language, names, alphabet
		Personal names and entertainment offered here also have a particularly "Gaelic" feel and it is not unusual to catch snatches of Gaelic as you pass people in village streets or tune into conversations at the local inn.
		Scottish Gaelic is strongly idiomatic and it also possesses a great diversity of sounds, perhaps more so than most other European languages.
		Also Gaelic word order is different from that in other languages with which visitors may be familiar.
	www.gaelic-scotland.co.uk /Language.html (458 words)

	Gaelic and Scots from Rampant Scotland Directory
		The Parliament provides a Gaelic in Scotland Fact Sheet (in English and Gaelic) with a wealth of data on the language including the status of the language, the number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland, legislation and government initiatives, Gaelic cultural organisations, Gaelic broadcasting and a list of Gaelic organisations.
		This is Seattle's Gaelic Language and Cultural Society and the site has details of their biennial festival and ongoing activities, such as a Gaelic choir, weekly classes, monthly activity days and ceilidhs.
		Before the development of a distinct Scottish Gaelic language in the 15th century, the literature of both countries may be considered as one.
	www.rampantscotland.com /gaelic.htm (2037 words)

	The Gaelic Language in North America - ACGA
		Scottish Gaelic is the language of the Scottish highlands and islands and is one of the few surviving Celtic languages.
		This analysis of contemporary Gaelic poetry demonstrates that there is a high degree of continuity and consistency in the ideological framework of the lines of political argumentation from the Jacobite era through the end of the American Revolution.
		The failure of Gaelic to thrive in the United States is evident in the lack of development of effective strategies to buttress the language.
	www.acgamerica.org (822 words)

	Scots Gaelic in relation to other Celtic languages
		It is Gaelic, the language in longest continuous use in Scotland, an historic language rich in idiom and expression.
		Today Gaelic (pronounced gaa-lick here, rather than gay-lick) is spoken by over 60,000 people in Scotland, most of whom are in the north and west and in many of the nation's cities, notably Glasgow.
		But the Celtic peoples and their languages were gradually displaced towards the north-western extreme of Europe and today Scots Gaelic is one of only six Celtic languages which remain.
	www.gaelic-scotland.co.uk /Background.html (670 words)

	Celtic League, American Branch: Celtic Languages
		Gaelic colonists brought Old Irish to the Isle of Man and to Scotland during the fifth and sixth centuries.
		Within the next two centuries Gaelic was adopted by the Picts to the north and east and the Celtic Strathclyde kingdoms to the south, thus becoming the dominant language of the country that came to be called Scotland.
		The forced imposition of the Anglican Reformation and of English as the language of liturgy prompted a Cornish rebellion against the central government that was quickly suppressed and led to an even greater intolerance of local particularisms.
	www.celticleague.org /languages.html (2940 words)

	Academy of Saint Gabriel Members' Guide: Boilerplate
		Gaelic was the same language spoken in Ireland at this time; Scots was closely related to contemporary English.
		In late-period Scotland, Gaelic was spoken in the Highlands and Western Isles.
		The two languages used different spelling systems, so the same name was often spelled in very different ways depending on the native language of the scribe, the language of the document, and many other factors.
	www.panix.com /~gabriel/public-documents/boilerplate.html (8890 words)

	Gaelic (Celtic) Peoples Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gaelic was/is in danger of being exterminated in many of the traditional Gaelic-speaking areas, but now a Gaelic renaissance has slowed this trend if not yet reversed it.
		The "clan tartan" is a form to psuedo-heraldry granted to or adopted by compliant and cooperative clans during the process of assimilation.
		It is from this twisted thinking that European states have convinced millions of indigenous people all over the world to surrender their freedom and accept subjugation as a way of life.
	www.indians.org /welker/gaelic.htm (1654 words)

	"Scottish languages" (Scots, Gaelic). Discussion Lowlands List
		A Language is a Dialect with an Army
		While Gaelic has remained spoken in Scotland and NW Ireland and has always been on the cultural agenda in Scotland and Ireland, it is only recently that Scots language issues have come to the public's attention - and this isn't always a good thing.
		The central point is that while funding and status for Gaelic and Scots remain imbalanced, we have to be careful, particularly in Ireland, that although we make a valid point in campaigning for more funding and status for Scots, we do not to come over as "anti-Gaelic".
	www.olestig.dk /scotland/disc.skotspr.html (1113 words)

	Cruinneacad na nGaideal - Gaelic Languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The languages spoken in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands in the 16th Century were, in fact one and the same - "Common Classical Gaelic".
		[1]: Although Irish Gaelic is technically correct, the Irish Language is the preferred term.
		In Ireland, when the word Gaelic is used, it is more than likely understood to mean Gaelic Football.
	www.gotg.org /language (160 words)

	Gaelic Languages Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Gaelic language activities around the San Francisco Bay Area.
		A list of organizations of interest to learners and speakers of the Gaelics.
		Info for teachers and researchers of the various languages.
	www.ceantar.org (81 words)

	The Human-Languages Page
		The Centre for Theories of Language and Learning at the University of Bristol will be holding a seminar (21st April 1995) on the Conservation of Endangered Languages.
		Gaelic Languages John T. McCranie's index of Irish, Scottish, and Manx Gaelic resources and information.
		Universal Survey of Languages: The Universal Survey of Languages is envisioned as a major collaborative effort with the goal of creating a linguistic reference for the layman and linguist alike.
	rucus.ru.ac.za /~grahams/hl.html (3291 words)

	Gaelic Language Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		If you are interested in materials for learning Gaelic, lists of Gaelic music, or sources for these, you might try our Books and Music section at this website.
		The School of Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond is pleased to announce that it is pioneering the development of Gaelic Studies in the United States.
		It actively encourages the teaching, learning and use of the Gaelic language and the study and cultivation of Gaelic literature, history, music and art.
	www.acgamerica.org /language/langlinks.html (1569 words)

	Tir na nOg - Irish and Gaelic Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Irish form of the Gaelic language is called Gaeilge.
		The Gaelic Homepage is a souce of material on the three Gaelic languages (3 of the six Celtic languages).
		The Irish Language FAQ is part of a larger Irland FAQ.
	www.alia.ie /tirnanog/gaelige.html (954 words)

	Maps of Indo-European Languages-Irish Gaelic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This map shows the regions of the world where Irish Gaelic is commonly spoken (red circle).
		It is closely related to the Goidelic languages of Scots Gaelic and the extinct language of Manx.
		It is somewhat more distantly related to the Brytonic Breton, Welsh, and the extinct language of Cornish.
	web.cn.edu /kwheeler/IE_Centum_Irishgaelic.html (160 words)

	Pipers Resources
		These are sites in which you can use (or even learn) the Gaelic language and links to examples of the Irish and Scots language.
		This site provides access and search functions to MacBain's Etymological Dictionary Gaelic of the Gaelic Language (which not only provides a means of translation but also the sources, where known, of the Gaelic words), MacFarlane's School Gaelic Dictionary (Scottish Gaelic), Gramadach Lexicon (Irish Gaelic) and Kelly's Fockleyr Gaelg - Baarle (Manx Gaelic).
		Basic Gaelic for Parents is not so basic and has a number of useful pages including a section with WAV files demonstrating a range of words and phrases.
	www.pipersnook.com /gaelic_resources.htm (182 words)

	Gaeilge : Learn the Irish language. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This Scottish Language School is one of the major focal points for Gaelic scholars to communicate, and contains a lot of information on all three Gaelics.
		Manx is an ancient form of Gaelic very similar to 7th century Irish, and Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic are basically the same language that split into two, about 300 years ago, for many historical reasons.
		Irish is the one of the oldest languages in Europe, and earliest writing we have today was from an alphabet of notches on stone monuments, many thousands of years old, called 'Ogham', which can be translated today.
	www.yaq.com /lang (778 words)

	Maps of Indo-European Languages-Scots Gaelic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This map shows the regions of the world where Scots Gaelic is commonly spoken (red circle).
		It is spoken primarily in the remote parts of the Scottish Highlands, where perhaps 75,000 speakers still reside, of whom fewer than 5,000 do not know English very well.
		It is closely related to the Goidelic languages of Irish Gaelic and the extinct language of Manx.
	web.cn.edu /kwheeler/IE_Centum_Scots_Gaelic.html (165 words)

	Ethnologue report for Ireland
		The number of languages listed for Ireland is 5.
		Irish Sign Language is a new unified system, a manual code for English.
		It has influenced sign languages in South Africa and Australia.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Ireland (219 words)

	Evertype: List of Language Lists
		COMPARLINGAFRIC is opened to topics where comparative linguistics in African languages of the Sahel-Sahara zone are the subject of discussion, such as: Languages and language families of the Sahel-Sahara zone: (Mande, Chadic, Berber, Nilo-Saharan...); genetic relationships; the description of changes in the context of languages of oral tradition; linguistic changes and factors concerning language transformation.
		Latin American Linguistics and Languages Discussion List (LATAMLIN) Discussion and a means of communication for anyone working on or interested in the study of Linguistics and Languages in Latin America; languages of communication are English, Spanish and Portuguese.
		Model languagers or language modelers can be found among writers, game players, computer game designers, science-fiction and fantasy fans, professional linguists and teachers.
	www.evertype.com /langlist.html (2386 words)

	Other Gaelic Homepages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Dalraida Celtic Heritage Society, based in Arran, have amassed a great storehouse of Gaelic and Celtic information and documents.
		They also have a celtic quarterly newsletter and subscription and membership information may be found there.
		No reason is given as to why they travelled south, although it is probable that their own family lands could no longer contain them.
	www.indians.org /welker/gaelic1.htm (226 words)

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