One of the Celtic dialects, is of the group known as the Goidelic, comprising Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. |
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Linguistically, its form of Gaelic belongs to the Goidelic group of Celtic, Manx Gaelic being an off-shoot of Irish Gaelic. |
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The Celtic language is a sub-group of the Indo-European language group, divided into two groups, Goidelic and Brythonic. |
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Philologists have referred to them as P-Celtic in contrast to Goidelic as Q-Celtic. |
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From a background where education was keenly encouraged, Morrison developed an interest in languages, particularly those of the Romance and Goidelic Celtic groups. |
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Irish is a Celtic language, part of the Goidelic branch of insular Celtic. |
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In any case, we know Celtiberian was already being spoken in Spain in the 6th century BC, and that it shares many similarities with the Goidelic branch. |
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Irish language, also called Erse, or Gaelic, Irish Gaeilge, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. |
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Manx language, member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, formerly spoken on the Isle of Man. |
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On the other hand, the unity of Gaulish, Goidelic, and Brittonic is reasonably secure. |
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The spread of the English language has resulted in a vast majority of people of Gaelic ancestry being unable to speak a Goidelic language. |
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Manx is a Goidelic Celtic language and is one of a number of insular Celtic languages spoken in the British Isles. |
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Her biggest danger is likely to come from Goidelic, who showed up well over a longer trip here two weeks ago. |
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This is in contrast to the Goidelic family of Celtic languages, the closest neighbours to Manx which are cited here above. |
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A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish. |
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They were separated into a Goidelic and a Brythonic branch from an early period. |
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Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Manx are part of the separate Goidelic branch of Insular Celtic. |
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The Isle of Man and Orkney may also have originally spoken a Brittonic language, later replaced with a Goidelic one. |
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Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. |
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Goidelic was once restricted to Ireland and, possibly, the west coast of Scotland. |
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The oldest written Goidelic language is Primitive Irish, which is attested in Ogham inscriptions from about the 4th century. |
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It is believed to have been home to dialects that were transitional between Scottish Gaelic and the two other Goidelic languages. |
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There are several languages that show Goidelic influence, although they are not Goidelic languages themselves. |
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Manx vocabulary is predominantly of Goidelic origin, derived from Old Irish and closely related to words in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. |
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William Forbes Skene argued in 1837 that Pictish was a Goidelic language, the ancestor of modern Scottish Gaelic. |
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Other scholars place more emphasis on shared innovations between Brittonic and Goidelic, and group these together as an Insular Celtic branch. |
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As for Goidelic languages, the situation is clearer because Lenition III in this subfamily consisted in losing the same property as the first two lenitions, namely stopness. |
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When the Norsemen arrived, probably in the 10th century, the county was inhabited by the Picts, but with its culture subject to some Goidelic influence from the Celtic Church. |
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Cumbric is extinct, having been replaced by Goidelic and English speech. |
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Manx is a Goidelic language, closely related to Irish and Scottish Gaelic. |
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The Lord's Prayer has been translated into all the Goidelic tongues. |
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It is suggested that despite a common Insular Celtic language, once the language had spread to Ireland in the late centuries BC, it split into Brythonic and Goidelic. |
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It is the Welsh equivalent of the Goidelic holiday of Imbolc. |
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During the High Middle Ages, the area was conquered by the Goidelic speaking Kingdom of Alba in the 11th century, becoming part of the new Kingdom of Scotland. |
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Such work should also cover the question of when the proto Celtic language they probably spoke split into the Goidelic and Brythonic, namely Irish Gallic and Welsh. |
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