I Compare Irish & Scottish Gaelic

In this video I will look at some of the similarities and differences between Irish and Scottish Gaelic, these two Gaelic languages from Celtic origin have lots of similarities but they also have plenty of subtle differences that sets them apart. I will look at a few words and phrases that will help illustrate this.
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[martenkats]

Very interesting. I'm a learner of Scottish Gaelic. I'm not fluent (yet) but I can hold a decent conversation in the language. Late last year I visited a friend in County Donegal Gaeltacht, he is a native Gaeilge speaker. I went to a pub with him where everyone spoke Gaeilge and I understood quite a lot. So I understand what you said about Ulster Irish being closer.

[allanlank]

There is a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Nova Scotia, Canada, that is no longer spoken in Scotland. Nova Scotia is the only place, outside of Europe, where a Celtic language is spoken.

[lauratictoc]

I'm a learner of Scottish Gàidhlig and also a bit of an armchair linguist and found this fascinating. The bit about glè meaning shine/bright made me think about the later language of these isles and one of the few linguistic curiosities of English in that the Gl- words tend to refer to light and stuff. glitter, glisten, glint, glimpse, gleam, glow, glitz, glace, gloss, glossy...
Just makes my wee philologist brain about burst.
Anyway, loved the video so much, I´ve subscribed for more. tapadh leibh.

[pablobassante]

Irish: Conas atá tú?
Spanish: ¿Cómo estás tú?
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[euhype]

Very interesting. I was not aware that you can say "How are you?" in Irish like that, it reminds me of the Gàidhlig phrase that is used in some regions: gu dè mar a tha thu?

[lumethecrow]

Irish is a language I've been looking at for awhile. It quite often captivates my interest, but slips away mere moments later due to me not having any free sources on how to pronounce things. This is a fresh new start :)

[Sheikh_Yerbouti]

A wee bit late to this, however just a note... In Argyll, Kintyre and the lower Inner Hebrides (Islay, Jura, mull etc) and surprisingly up north in Lewis you are more likely to hear De mar a tha thu? for how are you, which is even closer to Ulster Irish. Also in Argyll for thank you, you are more likely to hear "gu rob math agad" which again is closer to the Irish than "Tapadh leat".

[bernardcameron]

There are some places where the é and ó are still used in words like 'dé' and 'mór'. One such place is Nova Scotia. We use both accents because they give greatly different sounds to the vowel. Comhairle na Gàidhlig or The Gaelic council of Nova Scotia has other examples.

[AprilClayton]

Great video. I was very curious about this topic.

[SimoIRL]

Great work dude. Really enjoyed this video.

[katlawliss]

Thank you for making this! I have seen lots of "Gaelic" content on the internet and never really knew how to tell if I was looking at unfamiliar Irish vocabulary or a totally different language all together. The hint about the fada is especially useful to me for telling them apart.

[ZadenZane]

I used to watch Speaking Our Language on BBC Alba where they teach you very basic Scottish Gaelic and it sounded gorgeous. Very occasionally they'd play drama straight from Ireland in Irish, so I'm guessing they must be fairly similar, in fact I heard they were considered the same language until the Bible was translated separately into Irish and Scottish Gaelic. By the way on BBC Alba they always called the language "the Gaelic, " pronounced "Gallic".

[richardgreer]

Thanks for this video I’ve been learning Irish recently still very new but language learning is one of my biggest hobbies and they are both languages I’ve always wanted to learn. I started with Irish because it seemed to have a broader depth of speakers and learning material. I am reading a book on Gaelic society focusing in Scotland and it’s peaked the interest there so I searched for a comparison video and you delivered magnificently. Go raibh maith agat!

[draoidh]

Tha mi ag iarraidh bhideo eile air an cuspair seo. I want another video on this topic, it was too short. Your videos are always pleasant to watch.

[juansdf]

As a learner of Scottish Gaelic in Duolingo, thanks!
though I haven't had time to practice as of late :(

[dequidaqwadoa]

I wish there were more videos like this one !! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[maitelarranaga]

Suuuper beautiful video! I am Basque and have always been interested in Irish and Scottish culture and I found this video really interesting. Thankss!

[Tjmce]

Very interesting video and relatable as this has all my interests of gaeilge, geography, history and language. And I know that you already know about manx and how close it is to irish but when manx was being revived they went to ulster to take words and make them more manx and if you are making a video of irish and manx note that it is close to louth and we had are own dialect and Irish in our dialect is Gaelg and manx in manx is Gaelg and the louth dialect comes from the ulster dialect. So it's a very interesting topic

[alexhilmon]

I can’t see your reply to my question earlier sadly but I wanted to still say thank you for replying!