Goidelic

E12686
branch of Celtic languages language family subgroup

Goidelic is the branch of Celtic languages that includes Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Goidelic languages 10
Gaelic 2
Gaels 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Celtic languages ⓘ
language family subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Goidelic ⓘ
surface form: Gaelic languages

Goidelic ⓘ
surface form: Goidelic Celtic

Goidelic ⓘ
surface form: Goidelic languages
characteristicFeature broad and slender consonant distinction ⓘ
initial consonant mutation ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
use of inflected prepositions ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order tendency ⓘ
contrastsWith Brythonic ⓘ
developedFrom Celtic languages ⓘ
surface form: Insular Celtic

Primitive Irish ⓘ
earliestStage Primitive Irish ⓘ
geographicDistribution Gaeltacht regions ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Irish diaspora communities ⓘ
Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form: Isle of Man

Manx diaspora communities ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Islands ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Highlands and Islands

Scottish diaspora communities ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Q-Celtic ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Celtic ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
hasISO639FamilyCode cel ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology fusional language type ⓘ
hasMember Irish ⓘ
Manx ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasSubgroup Irish language ⓘ
Manx ⓘ
surface form: Manx language

Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Gaelic language
historicalWritingSystem Ogham script ⓘ
influenced Irish English ⓘ
surface form: Hiberno-English

Manx ⓘ
surface form: Manx English

Scottish English ⓘ
laterStage Middle Irish ⓘ
Goidelic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Modern Goidelic languages

Old Irish ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
subclassOf Celtic languages ⓘ
Celtic languages ⓘ
surface form: Insular Celtic languages
timeDepth attested from at least the 4th century CE ⓘ
usedIn Gaelic literature ⓘ
Gaelic oral tradition ⓘ
traditional Gaelic culture ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goidelic → alsoKnownAs → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Goidelic → alsoKnownAs → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic Celtic
Goidelic → alsoKnownAs → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaelic languages
Proto-Celtic → ancestorOf → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Primitive Irish → branchOf → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Proto-Goidelic → branchOf → Goidelic ⓘ
House of Alpin → ethnicGroup → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaels
Kenneth MacAlpin → ethnicGroup → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gael
MacLeod → ethnicOrigin → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Galloway → etymologyLanguage → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaelic
Celtic languages → hasSubgroup → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Celtic nations → hasSubgroup → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic nations
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
this entity surface form: Celtic
Manx → languageFamily → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Middle Irish → languageFamily → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Old Irish → languageFamily → Goidelic ⓘ
Proto-Goidelic → languageFamily → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages
Goidelic → laterStage → Goidelic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Goidelic languages
this entity surface form: Gaels
Proto-Goidelic → subclassOf → Goidelic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goidelic language
this entity surface form: Goidelic languages