Scottish Gaelic

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Celtic language Goidelic language natural language

Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland, historically spoken in the Highlands and Islands and closely related to Irish and Manx.

Aliases (13)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Celtic language → Goidelic language → natural language →
closelyRelatedTo	Irish → Manx →
derivedFrom	Old Irish →
developedFrom	Middle Irish →
hasAssociatedCulture	Gaelic culture of Scotland →
hasEndonym	Gàidhlig →
hasGrammaticalFeature	VSO word order → case system → grammatical gender → initial consonant mutation →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English → Norse → Scots →
hasMajorDialect	Islay Gaelic → Lewis Gaelic → Mainland Gaelic → Skye Gaelic →
hasNumberOfCasesApprox	4 →
hasNumberOfGenders	2 →
hasOfficialStatus	regional language →
hasOfficialStatusIn	Scotland →
hasOrthographicStandard	Gaelic Orthographic Conventions →
hasPhonologicalFeature	broad and slender consonant distinction →
hasStandardForm	Scottish Standard Gaelic →
hasTypicalWordOrder	verb–subject–object →
hasWritingTraditionSince	Middle Ages →
historicallySpokenIn	Scottish Highlands → Scottish Islands →
ISO639-1Code	gd →
ISO639-2Code	gla →
ISO639-3Code	gla →
isTaughtAt	Sabhal Mòr Ostaig → University of Edinburgh → University of Glasgow →
nativeTo	Scotland →
partOfLanguageFamily	Celtic → Indo-European →
primaryCountry	United Kingdom →
primaryRegion	Scotland →
recognizedUnder	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →
regulatedBy	Bòrd na Gàidhlig →
subfamilyOf	Goidelic branch of Celtic languages →
usedIn	Gaelic-medium education in Scotland →
usedInMedia	BBC Alba → BBC Radio nan Gàidheal →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (250)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arinagour → BBC Alba → BBC iPlayer → BBC television services → Black Douglases → BnG → Central Lowlands of Scotland → Central Scotland → Coronation of Charles III → Dundee → Dunkeld → Falkirk → Fife Council → Forfar → Free Church of Scotland → General Assembly of the Church of Scotland → Glasgow → Helensburgh → Historic Environment Scotland → Inchcolm → Inverkeithing → Lanarkshire → National Lottery → North Berwick → Old Town of Edinburgh → Port Mòr → Renfrewshire → Royal Deeside → Scone → Scotland Office → Scotland’s Great Trails → Scottish Islands → Scottish National Party → Sheriff courts of Scotland → Stirling → Stonehaven → Tayside region (historic) →	language
Aitken → Angus South → Anstruther → Celtic nations → Cliad → Dunfermline and West Fife → Gallanach → Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) → Isle of Coll → Jura → Markinch → Ross → Scottish trunk road network → Shetland Islands Council → Sorisdale → World War I poetry →	hasLanguage
Auchinleck → Cameron → Carnegie → Carnegie family → Douglas → Ferguson → Hamish → Kerr → Knox → MacDougall → MacLeod → Mc → McDiarmid → Muir → Urquhart →	languageOfOrigin
Callander → Cumbernauld → Eigg → Fort William → Grangemouth → Highland games → Hoy → Kinloch → Oban → Perth → Port Bannatyne → Rosyth → Scottish monarch → Tiree → West of Scotland →	languageUsed
Buchanan → Craig → Cullen → Douglas (surname) → Duff → Ian → Kirk → McDouglas → Orr → Reid → Sloan →	hasLanguageOfOrigin
Canna → Carrick → Clan Maclean → Coll → Galloway ("Gaelic") → Kerrera → Lauderdale family → Lothian → Lothian and Fife → Stewart family →	languageHistoricallySpoken
A’ Chill → Carn a’ Ghaill → House of Alpin → Inchkeith → Innis Choluim → Loch Lomond → Rum Cuillin → Tatha →	languageOfName
Isabella of Mar → Marjorie Bruce → Mary Anne MacLeod Trump → Nicola Sturgeon → Robert II of Scotland → Small Isles → Suthen →	languageSpoken
Argyll and Bute Council → Historic Environment Scotland → King of Scots → Kingdom of Scotland → North Uist → Scottish Parliament →	officialLanguage
Dunkeld dynasty → National Museum of Scotland → National Trust for Scotland → Scottish Opera → Transport Scotland →	languageOfWorkOrName
Angus → Carnegie, Angus → Edinburgh → Elie and Earlsferry → Lewis and Harris →	regionalLanguage
Alan → Emma → Eva → Ian → Margaret →	usedInLanguage
Scottish Gaelic ("Lewis Gaelic") → Scottish Gaelic ("Skye Gaelic") → Scottish Gaelic ("Islay Gaelic") → Scottish Gaelic ("Mainland Gaelic") →	hasMajorDialect
Dumfriesshire → Moray → Scottish Borders → Scottish Highlands →	historicalLanguage
Irish language → Old Irish → Proto-Celtic →	ancestorOf
Irish language → Manx → Ulster Irish →	closelyRelatedTo
Crail → Gigha → Islay →	hasHistoricalLanguage
Elizabeth → Liam → Richard →	hasLanguageOfUse
Argyll and Bute → City of Edinburgh council area → South Lanarkshire →	hasRecognisedLanguage
Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada → Gare Loch → Loch Ness →	languageOfToponym
Bòrd na Gàidhlig → Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland → Scottish Government directorates →	languageOfWork
Isle of Skye → Kincardine → Kinross →	traditionalLanguage
GOC → Gaelic Orthographic Conventions →	appliesToLanguage
Caledonian MacBrayne → Caledonian Sleeper →	languageOfBranding
NHS Scotland → National Health Service →	languageOfService
John → Mary →	languageOfUse
Alexander III of Scotland → Lulach of Scotland →	nativeLanguage
Highland council area → Scotland →	recognizedLanguage
Scottish Qualifications Authority Gaelic materials ("Gaelic (Learners)") → Scottish Qualifications Authority Gaelic materials ("Gaelic (Gàidhlig)") →	subjectArea
Scottish Government → St Monans →	usesLanguage
Kyle of Lochalsh Line →	alsoInLanguageRegion
St Andrews →	alsoSpokenLanguage
Cabinet of the Scottish Government →	alsoUsesLanguage
Kirkpatrick →	associatedWithLanguage
Google Translate ("Scots Gaelic") →	availableLanguage
Early Modern Irish →	basisFor
Keir →	etymologicalOrigin
BnG →	field
Early Modern Irish →	followedBy
Proto-Goidelic →	gaveRiseTo
Proto-Goidelic →	hasDescendant
Scottish English →	hasInfluenceFrom
South Uist →	hasLanguageCommunity
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line →	hasLanguageOfSignage
Bluemull Sound →	hasLanguageRegion
Celtic languages →	hasLivingLanguages
Scottish English →	hasLoanwordsFrom
Goidelic →	hasMember
Isle of Skye →	hasMinorityLanguage
Carn a’ Ghaill →	hasNameInLanguage
Barra →	hasOfficialLanguage
Neal ("Gaelic language") →	hasOrigin
Kirkpatrick Durham →	hasRegionalLanguage
Lochgelly railway station →	hasSignageLanguage
Scottish Gaelic ("Scottish Standard Gaelic") →	hasStandardForm
Goidelic ("Scottish Gaelic language") →	hasSubgroup
Muck →	hasTraditionalLanguage
Celtic languages →	includesLanguage
Middle Irish →	influenced
Scots →	influencedBy
Scots →	isDistinctFrom
David →	isUsedInLanguage
Highland Clearances →	languageContext
Atholl family →	languageHistorical
Irish Confederate Wars →	languageOfBelligerents
House of Dunkeld →	languageOfDynasty
First Minister of Scotland →	languageOfNativeLabel
Jacobite risings →	languageOfParticipants
Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 →	languageOfText
Lord of the Isles →	languageOfTitle
Scottish clans →	languageOfTradition
Church of Scotland →	languageOfWorship
Rum →	languageRegion
Robert Burns →	languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned
Mallaig →	languageTradition
Parlamaid na h-Alba →	legislativeLanguage
Longhope →	localLanguage
Tatha →	nameInLanguage
Ben Nevis →	nameLanguage
Scottish Parliament →	nativeNameLanguage
Bòrd na Gàidhlig →	officialLanguageFocus
Parlamaid na h-Alba →	officialNameInLanguage
Boundary Commission for Scotland →	operatesInLanguage
Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 →	primaryLanguageConcerned
Iona →	primaryLanguageHistorical
BBC Alba →	primaryLanguageOfProgramming
Aberdeenshire →	recognisedLanguage
United Kingdom →	recognizedRegionalLanguage
Edinburgh Castle →	regionalLanguageContext
Ulster Irish ("Scottish Gaelic of Islay and Kintyre") →	sharesIsoglossesWith
GOC ("Scottish Gaelic writers") →	usedBy
Royal Scots Navy →	usedLanguage