Goidelic languages

The Goidelic languages ​​, also known as Gaelic or, somewhat inaccurately, q - Celtic languages ​​are a branch of the Celtic languages ​​dar. The name is derived from the mythical people of Goidels. Confusingly, are usually referred to all three languages ​​only as " Gaelic ".

Among them are the following languages:

  • Irish ( Gaeilge ) the Newfoundland dialect, the Newfoundland Irish
  • Whose Neuschottländer dialect, the Canadian Gaelic

The three Goidelic languages ​​are very similar, especially Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Manx with the Scottish Gaelic is closer than the Irish. All modern Goidelic languages ​​goes back to the early medieval Irish ( Alt-/Mittelirische ) back, the term " Goidelic " but include much higher levels of language as the archaic Irish ( before 600 AD, is in Ogam script).

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