Scottish Gaelic

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

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All labels observed (18)

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic language
Goidelic language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Irish
Manx
derivedFrom Old Irish
developedFrom Old Irish
surface form: 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 Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Islay Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lewis Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mainland Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Skye Gaelic
hasNumberOfCasesApprox 4
hasNumberOfGenders 2
hasOfficialStatus regional language
hasOfficialStatusIn Scotland
hasOrthographicStandard Gaelic Orthographic Conventions
hasPhonologicalFeature broad and slender consonant distinction
hasStandardForm Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 language family
surface form: 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

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Douglas languageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Carnegie languageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic hasStandardForm Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scottish Standard Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic hasMajorDialect Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lewis Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic hasMajorDialect Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Skye Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic hasMajorDialect Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Islay Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic hasMajorDialect Scottish Gaelic self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mainland Gaelic
Fife Council language Scottish Gaelic
Douglas (surname) hasLanguageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Old Irish ancestorOf Scottish Gaelic
Kirk hasLanguageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Central Lowlands of Scotland language Scottish Gaelic
Angus regionalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Government usesLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Islands language Scottish Gaelic
Bòrd na Gàidhlig officialLanguageFocus Scottish Gaelic
Bòrd na Gàidhlig languageOfWork Scottish Gaelic
BBC Alba language Scottish Gaelic
BBC Alba primaryLanguageOfProgramming Scottish Gaelic
Proto-Celtic ancestorOf Scottish Gaelic
Kirkpatrick (surname) associatedWithLanguage Scottish Gaelic
subject surface form: Kirkpatrick
Scottish Highlands historicalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Scots influencedBy Scottish Gaelic
Scots isDistinctFrom Scottish Gaelic
Kingdom of Scotland officialLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Ben Nevis nameLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Church of Scotland languageOfWorship Scottish Gaelic
Middle Irish influenced Scottish Gaelic
Scottish English hasInfluenceFrom Scottish Gaelic
Scottish English hasLoanwordsFrom Scottish Gaelic
Liam hasLanguageOfUse Scottish Gaelic
Crail hasHistoricalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
St Monans usesLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Goidelic hasMember Scottish Gaelic
Goidelic hasSubgroup Scottish Gaelic
this entity surface form: Scottish Gaelic language
Google Translate availableLanguage Scottish Gaelic
this entity surface form: Scots Gaelic
Rum languageRegion Scottish Gaelic
Canna languageHistoricallySpoken Scottish Gaelic
Coll languageHistoricallySpoken Scottish Gaelic
Hoy languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
BnG field Scottish Gaelic
BnG language Scottish Gaelic