The DECLINE of CELTIC LANGUAGES in the BRITISH ISLES! #shorts

The DECLINE of CELTIC LANGUAGES in the BRITISH ISLES! #shorts

This map shows the decline of the Celtic languages in the British Isles.

[-orcasice-]

By the thing I said about Wales.
Most people speak Welsh at home, not outside, but with family...

[seanlacey]

these celtic languages hopefully can revive

[Jordi]

I'm sure there are more people speaking Irish that you would think from this map

[celticrebel]

Irish Gaelic I'm fluent in was taught to me by my grandparents

[deiorhys]

I speak welsh and i was shocked tj find out not many people speak the language but some people speak welsh in patagonia- Nadolig Llawen

[lmao.]

this makes it seem like Gaelic is all but dead in Scotland, it's not popular but about 80 thousand still speak it as a secondary language. schools often have classes for Gaelic speakers. I believe it's similar in Ireland too.

[Uaeboravisma]

Lots of welsh speakers it's resurgence is coming

[raistormrs]

While the early pronunciation was with an /s/ sound, reflecting its nearest origin in French, the modern standard is a hard "c" sound like /k/. This is because language historians desired the word to better reflect its Greek and Classical Latin origins, but there are still things pronounced with the /s/ like Celtic Glasgow.

[couldntmixapotnoodle]

Remember Jack

Celtic is the football team,

Celtic is the language

[nidohime]

In spanish at least celtas would still pronuence as a C instead of a K.

[cian]

The British isles is a colonial term that the Irish government rejects btw

[nunyabiznez]

My great grandfather came from Galway. My Mom told me that he learned English at 16 when he needed to know it to find work. Then he came to America at age 22 after murdering the British officer who raped and murdered his baby sister.

[Xiphius]

Hey jack u should make a poll keltic vs seltic

[alexmccarthy]

Ireland still uses Irish witch is a Celtic language

[jmagowan]

What this should be is "English Cultural imperialist levels".

[Martini]

Irish is spoken in school, part of the curriculum, and compulsory, that why English primary school teachers can’t teach in Irish primary schools, because they haven’t got Irish, plus ten hours a week from the age of four till twelve they must do ten hours a week a European language, plus secondary schools again Irish compulsory.

[fiona-lyons]

I love charts that don't allow for the option that BOTH languages are spoken. Believe it or not speaking English hasn't eroded my ability to speak Irish. Funny how bilingualism works. 🤔

[udrubudrub]

Gaelic is still a secondary langauge in Scotland. Even in argyll, Hebrides and outer islands down to the North East and the borders have gaelic schools.

[Idkwhyimhere]

I would say that the most recent map is incorrect as their are Gaeltacht regions in Ireland in which people speak Irish.

[ash_]

Gaelic speaker, Scottish Gaelic was banned in the 1600’s, it wasn’t considered civilised and it caused a huge decline in speakers. Most schools don’t offer Gaelic courses (from my experience the ones that do are lacklustre), I’ve never understood why French is compulsory for all schools and not our native language?