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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GOC appliesToLanguage Scottish Gaelic
GOC usedBy Scottish Gaelic
this entity surface form: Scottish Gaelic writers
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump languageSpoken Scottish Gaelic
Inchkeith languageOfName Scottish Gaelic
St Andrews alsoSpokenLanguage Scottish Gaelic
BBC iPlayer language Scottish Gaelic
Edinburgh regionalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Parliament officialLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Parliament nativeNameLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Reid hasLanguageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Muck hasTraditionalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Inchcolm language Scottish Gaelic
Forfar language Scottish Gaelic
Scotland recognizedLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Alexander III of Scotland nativeLanguage Scottish Gaelic
McDouglas hasLanguageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Perth languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
BBC television services language Scottish Gaelic
Margaret usedInLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Atholl family languageHistorical Scottish Gaelic
Auchinleck languageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Aitken hasLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Barra hasOfficialLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Royal Scots Navy usedLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Neal hasOrigin Scottish Gaelic
this entity surface form: Gaelic language
Richard hasLanguageOfUse Scottish Gaelic
Dundee language Scottish Gaelic
Isle of Skye hasMinorityLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Isle of Skye traditionalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Islay hasHistoricalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Lewis and Harris regionalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Dunfermline and West Fife hasLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Celtic languages includesLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Celtic languages hasLivingLanguages Scottish Gaelic
Markinch hasLanguage Scottish Gaelic
North Uist officialLanguage Scottish Gaelic
NHS Scotland languageOfService Scottish Gaelic
Eigg languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
Robert II of Scotland languageSpoken Scottish Gaelic
South Uist hasLanguageCommunity Scottish Gaelic
Gigha hasHistoricalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Stirling language Scottish Gaelic
Tiree languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
Falkirk language Scottish Gaelic
Cumbernauld languageUsed Scottish Gaelic