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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Irish language ancestorOf Scottish Gaelic
Irish language closelyRelatedTo Scottish Gaelic
Rosyth languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
Kirkpatrick Durham hasRegionalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Carnegie family languageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Scotland’s Great Trails language Scottish Gaelic
Transport Scotland languageOfWorkOrName Scottish Gaelic
Loch Lomond languageOfName Scottish Gaelic
HES language Scottish Gaelic
subject surface form: Historic Environment Scotland
Edinburgh Castle regionalLanguageContext Scottish Gaelic
Caledonian Sleeper languageOfBranding Scottish Gaelic
Jura hasLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Lanarkshire language Scottish Gaelic
Anstruther hasLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Highland games languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
Highland Clearances languageContext Scottish Gaelic
Stonehaven language Scottish Gaelic
Ferguson languageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Urquhart languageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Iona primaryLanguageHistorical Scottish Gaelic
Renfrewshire language Scottish Gaelic
Free Church of Scotland language Scottish Gaelic
Proto-Goidelic gaveRiseTo Scottish Gaelic
Proto-Goidelic hasDescendant Scottish Gaelic
Small Isles languageSpoken Scottish Gaelic
Emma usedInLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Loch Ness languageOfToponym Scottish Gaelic
South Lanarkshire hasRecognisedLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Sloan hasLanguageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
House of Dunkeld languageOfDynasty Scottish Gaelic
King of Scots officialLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Celtic nations hasLanguage Scottish Gaelic
David isUsedInLanguage Scottish Gaelic
House of Alpin languageOfName Scottish Gaelic
Grangemouth languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
Nicola Sturgeon languageSpoken Scottish Gaelic
Keir etymologicalOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Carnegie, Angus regionalLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Scottish monarch languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
Scone language Scottish Gaelic
Ian hasLanguageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Ian usedInLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Fort William languageUsed Scottish Gaelic
Aberdeenshire recognisedLanguage Scottish Gaelic
Knox languageOfOrigin Scottish Gaelic
Elizabeth hasLanguageOfUse Scottish Gaelic