WIKITONGUES: Iain speaking Scottish Gaelic

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[danielhawkins]

Luckily, a lot of schools in Scotland are trying to revive Scottish Gaelic (or at least a modern variant of it).

[jamiel]

This is so interesting to listen to as a Welsh speaker. It’s almost totally incomprehensible, but it has similar sounds. You can really tell that Gaelic and Irish are closely related while Cornish and Welsh are both distantly related, as well as where the Scottish accent comes from. It’s a beautiful language!

[matthewkiely]

As an Irish Gaelic speaker ( or just 'Irish' in Ireland ) from southern Ireland, this was quite hard to understand. It sounded like Donegal Irish ramped up to an eleven.

[patricksue]

In Australia during the 1960s it was not unusual to hear this language spoken regularly, now you tell modern Aussies that this was spoken regularly.... People have no idea that another Language was even spoken by the Scots !!

[brukernavn]

"I am Ian" takes a lot more time to say in Scottish Gaelic apparently.

[mr_fallout]

I have a bible in this language given to my grandmother from the Isle of Lewis. Incomprehensible to me of course.

[VanBruening]

I've been working so hard on learning this for my cultures sake, thank you for posting this audio

[JohnPaul-ozbx]

My Grandmother 🇮🇪 could speak Irish Gaelic, and my Grandad Scottish Gaelic. They used to speak to each other in it. I didn't know what was said, but it was amazing to listen to ❤️🙏

[XXxvampiregirlx]

Wow almost so identical to irish gaeilge !!! I thought he was speaking irish! I can understand nearly everything he says

[edwardfan]

What a beautiful language! It would be such a shame to let this language die and disappear from the treasure trove of human achievements and creations.

[thomasleigh]

Is math a rinn thu, a bhalaich! Abair gu bheil e math Gàidhlig ghlan, shoilleir a chluinntinn air WikiTongues. Tapadh leat airson a' bhidio a dhèanamh. Tha an sreath-bhidiothan seo a' toirt tlachd dhomh fad greise — is toil leam a bhith ag èisteachd ri uile na cànain a th' ann — ach bha fadachd orm ri Gàidhlig fhaotainn ann! Tha mi 'n dòchas gum faic mi a-rithist thu ann an Còmhairle nan Leabhraichean nuair a bhios mi ann an Glaschu an ath-bhliadhna. Le gach deagh dhùrachd bho na Stàitean Aonaichte.

[Mybassgruvin]

I have been learning Scottish Gaelic for almost two years now, I understood about 15% of what he said lol...long road ahead. It's a marathon, not a race...beag air bheag.

[mhairihelen]

This sounds like so many different languages at once

[goawayimsleeping]

A big attraction of Edinburgh University is the ability to combine your course with literally anything for the first year... I hope to study Scots Gaelic alongside Linguistics and Chinese next year!

[sivedan]

It has a very unusual sound to an outsider, like a cross between Norwegian, Dutch & Hungarian; Also it sounds very musical and flowing....

[BlatzBeer]

The subtitles tell a strange and wondrous tale of hoppers, and a man who told him a beer, and the Queen who apparently had more hoppers with her army in York. Meanwhile, Leah was at her piano and was OK with it, despite the senseless and tragic murder in Claddagh. But yet: Muhammadu...minorities in Moscow are speared...a has-been music industry cock...Huskies are shot for being a bitch (about 10). Kitty Lea Alec called back about the petunia; it was her last tournament. He was addictive, which was a heinous scare — but not to Kate Mulgrew, who first met him while sharing a skid. He told her: "Hi, I'm for the hill, and Mister P.M...." Meanwhile, in East Hot Catahoula (certainly our newest), a man said, exasperated, "No, the point is, are you gonna kiss Kara? I gotta cook a 10-year-old at Gurnick!" "I'm a physician...it will be okay, " came the reply. Strangely, it was found that hiscock in gallic could effect her in a tuneful-ish way. Yet this was of no concern to the Mammoth Cave cultists, who felt excluded from law school. A person of color, who was schooled in the pleasant mid-May temperature, was blamed. Ms. Alec made another appearance, but she could not sea urchin, of course.

And that's just the first episode!

Years ago, I bought the Language 30 tapes on Gaelic (Irish dialect). And the tapes on Thai. Thanks to Language 30, I am now completely confused in four different languages.

[gearoiddom]

I'm an Irish speaker and this is really enjoyable to listen to for comparison sake. I got the Teach Yourself book and made some headway. I must give it another shot.

[TheToneBender]

"mammoth cave cultist.
law school and i blame a nigga"
gotta love subtitles

[Jamie_van_Brewen]

Okay... Youtube subtitles are no help with this.

[willawonders]

I love the beauty of Gaelic. It's such a lovely language.