Not only did the Education Act make English the sole language of schools, pupils were punished for speaking, writing, singing in Gaelic. I have many horror stories passed down from my grandparents and great grandparents. I find myself privileged and proud to have been able to do some Gaelic at school and to use it in my everyday life.
Same here.But I missed out due to my Aussie birthplace. My Mum is 81 and she's still perfecting hers via Duolingo..then shes on the phone to Islay and blethers in Gaelic to her sister..I just like to listen..
We had the same in Britanny : those wo spoke breton and gallo where punished (and even hit sometimes). That conducted these people to be ashamed of their own culture and languages, the number of people speaking gallo is very very low and those speaking breton has receded by two third between 80's and nowadays
The Celtic languages were treated with utter comtempt by the English speaking educators in the past. In the past children were punished for speaking Welsh (the "Welsh Not" etc.) and punished for speaking Irish (Gaeilge). The Celtic languages were looked down on as primitive or even unpatriotic. Now it's cool to be Celtic and all those languages are being revived and treated equally with English.
As a Gaelic teacher, I enjoyed this video's positivity towards the language and culture. As a former gamer, I was pleasantly surprised by the Bards tale connection. Perhaps viewers would enjoy a follow up video with some information on the links between Nova Scotia and Scotland. Ceud taing airson seo.
Scottish Gaelic is my native laungage. I'm from the highlands . Chòrd a’ bhidio seo rium agus tha mi an dòchas gum fàs a’ Ghàidhlig nas mòr-chòrdte air feadh an t-saoghail ❤
Unfortunately according to wikipedia only 1% of the scottish population can speak this wonderful language but i also found out that they are opening more gaelic schools which is good because in the future we can get more gaelic speakers.
CrooK You think that’s the only reason? I think it’s because the east is more culturally diverse with cities opposed to small close knit towns who seem to live behind the times a bit.
I have been wishing, ever since I was 4, to go to bed and wake up in Scotland. I am in love with the music, the language and the landscape, freaking awesome land :C I am learning Gaelic online, I can already say some stuff but it is taking its time for me to learn. Be proud my Scot pals, you have a beautiful country, hope to visit next year, FINALLY
@thomas murphy could you be any more negative ?? I doubt she's going to be coming to Scotland to live in a Glasgow housing scheme dipshit , and if she's from Mexico then glasgow is nothing compared to Mexico's problems .
So glad to be learning more about my heritage. My last Scottish ancestor left Inverness for America in the 1870’s. But my great grandfather grew up in a Gaelic village in Canada in the 1920s. It’s sad how quickly your heritage can be lost if you don’t pass it on.
So true Rachel. I am from Canada but my ancestors left Ireland and Scotland in the 1800s from famine, I too have a great interest lately in learning about where and how my ancestors lived.
I don't think that teaching only Gaelic is a good idea. Being bilingual is far better for development and intelligence, and it'd be silly to exclusively teach just Gaelic out of spite when the pupils will have to learn English eventually (and will find it harder as they get older). Making Gaelic available in more schools across Scotland is the answer, not segregating languages.
Syklone I get what your saying that if kids don’t learn English then that is bad but when you live in a country which 99% English I can assure you that every single person who goes through a Gaelic school is as good at English as us
Why is it fabulous when it isn't even a true Scottish language? It originally came from Ireland the video says so it s a good thing ultimately that only 1% speak it now, some of Scotland never spoke it ever in their entire history.
@@tedwilson8719 mango language app is the way I am learning. I live in Michigan, U.S.A. I am going to be in Scotland in less than a month. I have been practicing with mango since January and I feel comfortable enough to introduce myself, ask where places are, small talk about the weather and much more. I would say I would be fluent but I dont have anyone to practice with here in the states.
This is brilliant! I have Ulster Irish and am taking steps to learn the other Celtic languages. It’s important we know who we are and from where we came. It’s important to know our ancestors’ hardships and accomplishments! It’s important to see how we have changed-how we have grown and how we have regressed.
@@tjsluxmeachristus1936 There is no record of the the picts speaking Doric. So you can speak Doric all you want, but don't try to act like you are somehow follow pictish culture, as we know very little about them, other than it was our native ancestry line. They most likely had their own language for all we know, but assuming how the majority of the British isle and Ireland where all Celtic tribes, I can bet it was most likely a variation of Gaelic.
My father would always tell me how my great-grandfather, a Macpherson from Dairbaig, was the last person in our family who spoke Gàidhlig. He was an illiterate highlander, but he married Mary Campbell from Inverness, who came from a much better family than him and was a bit of a matriarch. Gaelic at the time was considered the language of the lower-class and uneducated, and Granny forbade him to speak it in the house--so he would go outside and speak it to his horse! Unfortunately the horse learnt more Gaelic than the children, so sadly it wasn't passed on. I've always loved Gaelic music, and felt it was a way of feeling in touch with my heritage, and I always wished I could understand the words. Unfortunately I don't think there's anywhere you can learn it where my family lives in New Zealand. I still hope one day to reclaim my ancestral tongue and reconnect with my roots. Remember, the most precious things in the world are your land, your language, and your people. Never give them up; they're what make us who we are. Unfortunately modern white people in the West, particularly the diaspora communities in the colonies, have completely lost touch with their own culture. We have forgotten where we come from, and so we have forgotten who we are.
Halò, just to let you know the DuoLingo app recently added Scots Gaelic as a course and it's pretty good. It's all free and on all app stores. It's quite easy to get into and you can learn a lot from it.
There is also a Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) College on Skye. They do a very good internet based course. Iam giving the Gàidhlig course on Duo lingo a go and enjoying it.
You forgot to mention the East coast of Canada, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia has a lot of Gaelic speakers, many east coast musicians also sing in Gaelic and Prince Edward Island has Ceilighs, and the Piping College that has Gaelic singers. I had no idea there were people speaking it out in Alberta. As most people from PEI I have ancestors from Scotland, around the Island of Mull. I would love to see Scotland one day. My cousin has Highland Cattle in PEI, they are awesome.
I'm Irish. Very interesting, thanks to whoever shared with me. Ta Gaeilge agamsa. I speak Munster dialect. I once met music inspector from outer Hebrides. He gave me some books with songs from the area. I still have one. I sing a Scottish song, but with Munster pronunciation. I'm glad to hear you are trying to revive the language. My children went to a Gaelscoil. They have been successful here in Ireland. The one danger is loosing the richness of the individual dialects. Also there has been some Anglicisation. Something for you to watch for. Still, it's great that my children can speak this language fluently. Ta Gaeilge agamsa ach nil se go fliurseach agam. Wishing you every success in your revival. Go neiri libh.
Scottish Gaelic is beautiful. The lovely lilt in the tone seems to compliment the loveliness of the country itself. The language Iends itself well to poetry. Whether its recited or sung.
such a vibrant wee video, i am Scottish through and through and have took it upon myself to learn Gàidhlig. it is so strange that i have tried to learn other languages like Spanish, a language i love and struggle to remember it. and yet, Gàidhlig comes quite natural to me and it is somehow easier to remember. but that is beautiful because it is in my roots, one of the native languages of Scotland. it is such a fun and interesting language to speak, makes me feel even more at home and even more proud! 💙🏴
Many Gaelic-speaking Highlanders settled Canada in large numbers, and not just in Nova Scotia. Many settled in Ontario and Alberta, and the place names found in both of these provinces reflect origins in Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland. Calgary, for instance is the largest city in the province of Alberta, and it was named after its namesake which can be found on the Isle of Mull in the Highlands. I live in London, Ontario, but less than an hour's drive to my west is the village of Glencoe. There is also nearby Iona Station, named after Iona. In the county where I was born, you can find the hamlet of Aberarder, the name of which also comes from the Highlands.
@ ..so they say,and yes but it can make a comeback..Foras na Gaelige have a New dictionary out..I am getting it for Samhain na Nollag buicious mor la Dia😍
Thank you for this amazing video on the Gaelic language and it's place in our Scottish heritage and culture. I often regretted that our 'native' language wasn't taught in our schools when I was a school girl, therefore am delighted to hear it is making a comeback. I bought a book titled, "Everyday Gaelic" when I visited Mull several years ago with the intent of learning it on my own, not doing so well I'm afraid, but I keep it still. Maybe someday! Thanks again for touching my heart.
I hear it spoken a lot when I roam the Western Highlands from Knoydart up to Ullapool and onward to Cape Wrath, all the places have Gaelic names, the people are warm and welcoming and will teach you what words mean and how to pronounce them correctly if you ask politely, I fell in love with the Highlands and always looking for excuses to go back, luckily Carlisle is not too far away.
My grandad lived on the edge of Rannoch moor, he only spoke a few words of English which made it hard for my annual school holidays coming up from the suusex coast. He'd take myself and my 3 older sisters out in his archaic '56 land rover, to visit his friends and to get us out of the house. He would talk about the land, the weather and the people, little did we understand but sometimes understanding a language us more than knowing what the words mean but also about an emotional understanding of the context. When grandads eyes would fill with tears as he spoke about a loch and pointed to some distant shore, we understood his loneliness. (From the lone shieling of the misty island. Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas- Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides:)
The speaker in this video flew right over Nova Scotia a Canadian Atlantic Provinces in Canada that got it's a Latin name which means New Scotland. Now on Nova Scotia there's an island that is connected to the mainland of Nova Scotia by a bridge call Cape Breton Island. It is the only place I know of that has Canadians of Scottish ancestry from the Highlands of Scotland speaking the Scottish Gaelic. Two famous Maritime families that I know of from Cape Breton Island are the Rankin family and the Barra McNeill both families sing in English and in Gaelic. A lot of Cape Bretoners of Scottish Highlands ancestry kept the language and traditional Scottish dances alive like the Highland fling or sword dancing. Scottish Nova Scotians has one of the largest Cèilidh gathering of it's kind in North America. The second being in Ontario because a lot of Scottish Highlanders and lowlanders immigrated to Ontario too as well as Québec. But hey lady skip over all these Canadian Provinces go right straight to Banff Alberta. Just because they have a city named after a city in Scotland. Well in that case Nova Scotia has a city called New Glasgow on Cape Breton Island. Tapadh leat agus mar sin leat!
I'm learning Scottish Gaelic with the aid of a German teacher. It's a frustrating language at times, but I'm persevering. Nice to see Jason commenting here too, my wife and I enjoy his videos :)
Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig còmhla ri thidseir "Ghàidheileamailteach" :) Uaireannan tha an cànan doirbh, ach bidh mi a' buanachadh. Tha e snog gun robh Jason a' sgrìobhadh facal cuideachd, is toil leinn na bhideothan aige :)
As someone who has Irish on both sides of the family,I would love to see our Scottish cousins homeland. Looks so beautiful there and you can go to a land where another language is spoken but English is spoken and understood as well.
Thank you so much! I'm in the opening stages of an indie game where I'm taking heavy inspiration from Irish & Scottish culture and I've got a few location names in Gaelic, so hearing your pronunciations really helped a lot!
Dunedin, Albany, Banff. The names might be Scottish, but I’ll bet there’s nowhere in North America that has a stronger Scots influence, than Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (New Scotland), Canada. Only a few years ago, there were about 100,000 Gaelic speakers in Cape Breton. There still are pockets where the language still survives, and several musical groups, like “the Rankin Family”, and “”the Barra MacNeils”, still sing some songs in Gaelic. Also a lot of fiddle music and bagpipes are still played, and learned. There is a college on Cape Breton that teaches Gaelic, as well! I am sorry that this lovely video missed this!!
The Scot’s know our own, and I’d be at home anywhere in Nova Scotia, a weird thing is wen a group of people move, they retain the original culture, where as the country has moved on, so I’d love to visit and you can tell me about our shared history 😃
The video overlooks Nova Scotia (New Scotland/Alba Nuach) where the Gaelic culture thrives and where Gaelic is taught at all levels of education, particularly in Cape Breton.
Greetings from the Appalachian Mts of Northeast Tennessee, enjoyed your program. I'm proud of my Scott Ancestors, who endured hardship after hardship to settle here in America.🖋
Its funny, and rather odd sometimes, how people who hail from the mountains,share similar traits and habits. I'm originally from Puerto Rico, and born in the mountains. Jibaros, have a distinctive and pronounced culture, which is different then coastal dwellers. The people in the mountains, are resilient, fiercely independent, strongly religious, and very hospitable. Much of the unique music is bittersweet, with a mixture of melancholy and joy. The mountains are beautiful, but living there is difficult because there are only a number of occupations one can engage in. So folks leave to the cities or other countries. But its that same spirit I pick up when I visit the Appalachians, or see the images of the Highlands. That poignant, melancholic, sweetness is there.
I'm not sure there is Gaelic in Banff. I don't really know where this fact came from but on Cape Breton island in Nova Scotia Gaelic is still spoken in homes and many communities to this day and the language is even thriving within the youth. Some children are still learning it in the home. There is a resurgence in learning the language and keeping it alive.
I never realised the scots pronounced gaelic as galic as opposed to galeic like we do in ireland. Also funny how the languages can look so similar and yet sound very unique and different
It’s is a very similar language but I think Scots Gaelic is far more guttural. I can understand some Irish but the pronunciation throws me. Both beautiful languages, we are cousins 👍
When you see how differently we irish and scots speak english it's not suprising that we'd speak gealic differently donegal and northern ireland speak simerly to the scots
You said Gallic I wish I knew what the Belgicans spoke, or the Iceni peoples or did they speak Breton. My surname is partially Gallic or Beligican it is perserved due to being a name of town that my ancestors were lord over. See Gaul has been overly Latinized (Roman occupation for so long before the Franks came , but even the Franks in West Francia started speaking French which is more derived from Latin.) when it comes to language, so the original languages there died out.
Finn MickCool nah. Heard this being said loads of times, but when I actually heard Scots Gaelic being spoken on BBC Alba it wasn’t anywhere as soft as Ulster Irish - which isn the defining feature of Ulster Irish - and at times was as harsh as Connacht Irish
I may not speak gealic as i live in dundee but i so much want to learn it and have been trying to learn it by using a website that is all about learning the beautiful language
You may watch on UA-cam episodes of Speaking Our Language which was shown on BBC Alba in the 90's, this is also a helpful hint. Also you may listen to BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal which is on the BBC Sounds(available only in the UK) or the BBC iPlayer Radio app you can download to your smartphone(Mobile data or Wifi is needed for access).
@@kingdomofbird8174 spanish is already popular in south america, but I do hope more endangered native american languages like Navajo, K'iche and Yucatec become more popular.. They are getting courses on duolingo so who knows..
@@finaltuned2755 You do know that no language is "truly" from anywhere, yes? Yes, Gaidhlig's linguistic ancestor (Old Irish) came to Scotland from Ireland. English's linguistic ancestor (Anglo-Saxon) came to England (coincidently around the same time) from Denmark and Friesland. Both Old Irish and the Cumbro-Pictish languages Old Irish replaced in Scotland came to to the British isles in general from Proto-Celtic in and around modern Austria, which itself now speaks a totally unrelated Germanic language (Modern German)... Every single language mentioned in this post 'came' to all of these places from the Balck Sea/Caucuses as various strains of Proto-Indo-European, replacing now extinct Pre-PIE substrate languages all along the way. It's what languages do. They spread, they change, they mix, and they diverge. That said, Gaidhlig, much like English, developed its uniqueness "as" a language distinct unto itself "in" Scotland. Hell, even the word 'Scotland' means 'land of the gaels'-- Similarly, English "became" English in England. French "became' French in France (where, as invasive Latin, it similarly wiped out an earlier (Celtic) substrate, which itself had already replaced a (Pre-PIE) substrate)--- the best claim any language has to belonging to anywhere is a history of local evolution into something different to either its cousins or its parent tongues, wherever they might be. Whether it survives or not, Gaidhlig is Scotland's because it's nobody else's-- if Gaidhlig is not a "true Scottish language" in your eyes, true national languages don't exist. Unless you're talking about critical mass speakership, in which case Scotland's true language is English until something bigger comes along and we're all writing this in Mandarin
Thank you for this informative video! I plan to move to scotland in a few years, after saving some money and speaking english perfectly and learning some gaelic sentences. Your country is the best!
You're going to be completely shocked if you try and learn English and then move to Scotland. They have very strong accents, dialects, and slang. I'm Irish and even I find them difficult to understand sometimes :P
@Paulie Doodle thanks for that. Everything like that is very helpful :D I will work hard to learn the dialect there - am planning to move to the Aberdeenshire or something like that. Am so unhappy in Germany, so I hope I can move to scotland in about four years. But won't move until I speak fluently c:
@@edwardhowie6102 I would only say this to you Mr. Howie, to me I learn this language to keep it alive cause many died in Culloden and had it taken away, also because I love it and visited Scotland and got to speak it with locals. So for me and the future generations of those clans I will learn it with love in my heart. then there is another reason personal to me. My late father studied 13 languages prior to his strokes three of them and he loved languages and also my late mom had Alzheimer I am challenging my brain.
Learning an entire side of my family was super Scottish (yes if you know) decided to learn this culture and wow is it amazing and fun can’t wait to learn it all
This is one of the many languages I want to learn, as I’m part Scottish, including my own indigenous American language of Lushootseed of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, we indigenous peoples of the North American continent were severely punished for speaking our native tongue, and feel for our brothers and sisters who were oppressed in their cultures, but as demonstrated there’s almost always some small group fiercely determined to keep their language alive and I’m extremely grateful for their sacrifices and their efforts to teach us 🥺🙏🏽 🏴
I'm disappointed you didn't include Nova Scotia (New Scotland) in your list of Gaelic areas in Canada. Our population is strong with Scottish surnames and culture. Our citizens proudly wear tartan kilts and regularly conduct highland games with highland dance competitions. There is even a Gaelic College in our northern region of Cape Breton where roadsigns are displayed in English and Gaelic. You really should come visit us where you will be met with ciad mile failte.
I absolutely fell in love with Scotland 2 weeks ago and I only went to Edinburgh. I really want to explore the entire of Scotland and visit the Emo Cows
I've been learning Scottish Gaelic for more than two years. I am thoroughly enjoying it - it's a beautiful language. I believe there are more than 500,000 people all over the world learning it on Duolingo. There has been a Scottish Government Consultation on Gaelic recently - I don't know if it is still going. Questions about Gaelic certainly featured in our Scottish Census 2022.
I'm an Irish speaker Gaeilge having a go learning a wee bit of Gàidhlig, lots in common similar but Scottish Gaelic has some strange spelling compared to Irish. Still fun to try, am enjoying Irish and Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo!
@@HN-kr1nf I agree Gaidhlig is more like Irish was before An Caighdéan Oifigiúil (The Official Standard) for Irish spelling was introduced in the 1950s
@@solasnagreine8708 i think it's because early forms of irish were spoken in ireland, the isle of man and parts of scotland. so it evolved into gaeilge in ireland, gaelg in the isle of man and gàidhlig in scotland.
I think someone is having a laugh with Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo. One of the first phrases it taught me to say was, ‘Irn Bru agus cù.’ Which I think means Irn Bru and a dog. 😂 At least you can’t say the Scots don’t have a sense of humour lol.
Did you say there are Gaelic radio stations? I'm a "New Scot" (moved from England last year) and I'm learning the language on Duolingo - at first just so I could pronounce the place names, but I'm getting more and more into it! It's a fascinating language. I think listening to a Gaelic radio station would probably really help.
My paternal grandfather, Murdo, born on Lewis, was a Gaelic speaker from infancy. He didn't learn English until he went to school. He married a Glaswegian girl and they moved to Canada sometime before the First World War.
It is such a pity this beautiful language was not kept going.Its lovely to listen to and the songs really relax you.I hope it is brought back in more schools.👍
WOW! Can't believe there is NO mention of New Scotland otherwise known as Nova Scotia where our ancestors crossed the Atlantic & a strong Gaelic community (Cape Breton) still resides!
I grew up hearing Slàinte at family get togethers on my mom's side we would talk about the Scottish Roots a lot growing up and now I'm learning Gaelic on my own using Duolingo I look forward to one day being able to travel to Scotland
I really enjoyed this video. I am Scottish but unfortunately don't speak Gaelic. It was so interesting to learn where all the names came from like Dundee. I really hope this language continues and does not become extinct.
There is also a Learn Scottish Gaelic app if you have apple devices. I really enjoyed it as there is a bit of humor sprinkled in. Wish it was available for Android too though
Never been to Scottland but would love to visit!!! Born in Los Angeles, 4th generation Californian, I am Scottish/Irish. Tay is my middle name and my Father's Mother's maiden name. My Father's Father (Francis from Canada) I named My first born Tay. I HOPE TO VISIT YOU OVER THERE IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND SOMEDAY!! It looks beautiful!
Why uneasy? I’ve been to Ireland many times, and as a Scot I immediately recognised many uncanny similarities, we are the same, but slightly different. Scots Gaelic is a more guttural language than Irish, I would be surprised if you understand some of the stronger dialects.
Aoife L I’ve been trying to learn Irish for over a year now. Just started Duolingo’s Scots Gaelic and I prefer the audio Duo supplies for that; it’s better than the Irish which is sadly, lacking. I’m surprised how many words and sentences I understand in Gaelic. Still can’t hold a decent conversation, though😖
How wonderful, my mothers family records go back to Scotland in the 16th centuary and I love Scotland and have been all throughout many times.The true language is amazing. Cheers from Australia.
It's important to keep languages alive which in turn keeps culture and heritage. American Indians/indigenous have difficult time on that because the language is almost all been lost. The same goes for Hawai'i and Ainu alongside Icelandic. What the Scots and Irish have done to revive Gaelic is remarkable.
Gaeilge and Gaelic are so similar wow, Gaeilge is still taught in schools in Ireland especially in Irish schools (everything is in Irish like exams, books etc. even if you speak English you get in trouble lol) but I’m glad we are still teaching Irish here, it’s nice to try keep our culture alive after we weren’t allowed to express our culture during the period of England ruling Ireland.
What‽ No mention of New Scotland‽‽‽ (Nova Scotia!!!!) Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has Gaelic signage everywhere. The Gaelic College teaches the language. Kilts and tartan a plenty. A huge part of our culture. Way more than Banff!
I've never seen much Gaelic signage in NS - other than in Pugwash. Anyway, signs don't mean much, and the kilts and tartans don't have much to do with Gaelic culture. I'm all for the Gaelic, and Cape Breton deserves a mention - but there are only a few native-speakers left. I think Banff was mentioned only as a place-name with Gaelic roots ... ?
Hey listen lady, I’ve done all those things. … still haven’t come over yet but the hunger… the hunger to come back home. I’m Fraser and I was quite affronted and felt it was nice to see our weave in the populace.
I crave the return of Gaelic preeminence to Scotland. English literature is amazing, and English should never be abandoned for its usefulness in commerce and international affairs, it's true, but it's time we embrace our heritage before it's too late. I'd like to see a renaissance of Scottish Gaelic literature.
Scottish Gaelic or Gàidhlig na Alba has already been revived thanks largely to the National Language Act of 2005 enacted by the Scottish Parliament and became law by the Scottish Government ever since. My godson born in Edinburgh of Scottish - Korean parentage was educated in Gàidhlig and he's fluent in English, Korean (his mother's native language) and Welsh.
@@dennis12dec Wishful thinking. It's not taught in every school and it's mostly concentrated in rural parts in the northwest. Better than it's been treat in past with Gàidhlig speakers in the central belt/lowlands being beaten at school but still a long way to go.
Lovely video! I wished the Gaelic had been spoken more slowly, with repetition so that we might actually be able to repeat and learn these few phrases, at least. But it’s great that Scots Gaelic is now available on Duolingo!!
duncancallum Because I’m doing DNA 🧬 test over there since I found out I’m North African as well as Scottish. There is mixed culture we did not even know about it’s really crazy. I have 2 Algerian guys it say Orkney Island as part of their distant Ancestry. I’m writing a book actually on the Celtic Tribes and I was looking at the Picts and I was sad because I thought they were extinct but here you are! 😀 So I’m very happy to see you lol
Is breá liom Albain [I love Scotland] Is breá liom Cailíní na hAlban lena gcuid gruaige Sinséar [I love the Scottish Girls with their Hair so Ginger] .. [Or Brown. Or Blond. Or Black. Or Auburn. Or whatever gets them out of their Scottish Knickers, grinding my Wee Willie Winkie like a Nashed-out Nessie on a Rutting Rampage] .. Saor Alba Gu Brath "Go Scotland!" [Not Literally] "Free Scotland Forever" [also not literally] ..
I have an special bound with the language since I watched Brave and fell in love with the Noble Maiden Fair, it led me to Julie Fowlis , I'd to visit Scotland one day!
Érin agus Alba go brách 🇮🇪🇬🇧🏴 I reckon I could chat with a Scottish person whose English I don't understand in Gaelic... They'll speak Scottish Gaelic and I will do my Irish Gaelic, they sound almost identical
I've only just started to understand the history of Scotland, and up until recently I thought Gaelic was a exist language. Thank you for this informative video.
@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 that's terrible :( My Mother was abused by the state as a child too. She is left handed, if she used her left hand at School she was cained.
I am a descendant of Macdonald. I have tracked the Royal Scots from Central Asia to Spain and across France (Gaul) to Northern Briton, or Scotland. The Scots were never in Ireland until some went down there hundreds of years later. Bruce Howard
Not only did the Education Act make English the sole language of schools, pupils were punished for speaking, writing, singing in Gaelic. I have many horror stories passed down from my grandparents and great grandparents. I find myself privileged and proud to have been able to do some Gaelic at school and to use it in my everyday life.
Same here.But I missed out due to my Aussie birthplace. My Mum is 81 and she's still perfecting hers via Duolingo..then shes on the phone to Islay and blethers in Gaelic to her sister..I just like to listen..
@@fotorabia my dad and his side of the family are from Islay 💙
We had the same in Britanny : those wo spoke breton and gallo where punished (and even hit sometimes). That conducted these people to be ashamed of their own culture and languages, the number of people speaking gallo is very very low and those speaking breton has receded by two third between 80's and nowadays
Ah good old English doing English things
The Celtic languages were treated with utter comtempt by the English speaking educators in the past. In the past children were punished for speaking Welsh (the "Welsh Not" etc.) and punished for speaking Irish (Gaeilge). The Celtic languages were looked down on as primitive or even unpatriotic. Now it's cool to be Celtic and all those languages are being revived and treated equally with English.
As a Gaelic teacher, I enjoyed this video's positivity towards the language and culture. As a former gamer, I was pleasantly surprised by the Bards tale connection. Perhaps viewers would enjoy a follow up video with some information on the links between Nova Scotia and Scotland. Ceud taing airson seo.
I just found out your channel Jason and it's great , keep it up your good work :) love from italy
I’m trying to learn Gaelic
Oh my God teach me, please :c
That's gas I've been searching for videos on learning Irish for the past 18 months and I've never found your channel before. Google mustn't like you.
He's a great teacher! Jason is very well known amongst the Scottish Gaelic speakers I know.
Scottish Gaelic is my native laungage. I'm from the highlands . Chòrd a’ bhidio seo rium agus tha mi an dòchas gum fàs a’ Ghàidhlig nas mòr-chòrdte air feadh an t-saoghail ❤
I’m still learning gàidhlig but I really do hope to learn my mother tongue, truly a beautiful language, Mar sin leat!
Wonderful !! X
Unfortunately according to wikipedia only 1% of the scottish population can speak this wonderful language but i also found out that they are opening more gaelic schools which is good because in the future we can get more gaelic speakers.
I’m from the east of Scotland and have never met a single soul who speaks the language.
CrooK You think that’s the only reason? I think it’s because the east is more culturally diverse with cities opposed to small close knit towns who seem to live behind the times a bit.
@Paulie Doodle No point being bitter you can learn it if you really want too.
@@oneday7672 I'm from Ireland and I've met a few speakers from the Hebrides you've probably met native speakers and not even realised it.
solidus784 That’s the problem I never meet people from there, maybe I should go to them.
I have been wishing, ever since I was 4, to go to bed and wake up in Scotland.
I am in love with the music, the language and the landscape, freaking awesome land :C
I am learning Gaelic online, I can already say some stuff but it is taking its time for me to learn.
Be proud my Scot pals, you have a beautiful country, hope to visit next year, FINALLY
get your ass over here :-)
Hey there's a guy on UA-cam that teaches Gaelic, I saw him in the comments. His channel is called Gaelic with Jason. Maybe it will be useful to you :)
@thomas murphy could you be any more negative ?? I doubt she's going to be coming to Scotland to live in a Glasgow housing scheme dipshit , and if she's from Mexico then glasgow is nothing compared to Mexico's problems .
bigboaby555 wow , you better don’t try to help her ...so Mexico worse than Scotland ...😂😂😂
@MR T She'll be fine if she avoids Glasgow.
So glad to be learning more about my heritage. My last Scottish ancestor left Inverness for America in the 1870’s. But my great grandfather grew up in a Gaelic village in Canada in the 1920s. It’s sad how quickly your heritage can be lost if you don’t pass it on.
So true Rachel. I am from Canada but my ancestors left Ireland and Scotland in the 1800s from famine, I too have a great interest lately in learning about where and how my ancestors lived.
Schools are now starting to teach in Gaelic only which is fabulous. I wish it happened when I was in school in Glasgow
Baa! They still learn English ya diddy
I don't think that teaching only Gaelic is a good idea. Being bilingual is far better for development and intelligence, and it'd be silly to exclusively teach just Gaelic out of spite when the pupils will have to learn English eventually (and will find it harder as they get older). Making Gaelic available in more schools across Scotland is the answer, not segregating languages.
Syklone I get what your saying that if kids don’t learn English then that is bad but when you live in a country which 99% English I can assure you that every single person who goes through a Gaelic school is as good at English as us
@@Syklonus They already speak English. It's the same with French immersion in Canada.
Why is it fabulous when it isn't even a true Scottish language? It originally came from Ireland the video says so it s a good thing ultimately that only 1% speak it now, some of Scotland never spoke it ever in their entire history.
I lived in Scotland my whole life without learning one word, but now that I moved away it feeels important to begin :) beautiful video :)
One word? Smashing ,galore,bog, lag,Whisky, tag,slogan, twig,ben,Strath,are one or two you might have used.
Scottish Gaelic is now on Duolingo!
You can also watch on UA-cam the series "Speaking Our Language" first seen on BBC Alba in the 90's, it's also a helpful hint.
When I learned my ancestry was mostly Scottish, I started learning the language! Still learning and I hope to be fluent.
Could I ask how you’re learning it? I moved from Scotland to New Zealand several years ago and there are not many resources over here to learn Gaelic
The western isles has plenty of Gaelic resources, all the street signs are still in it
You can now find the programme "Speaking Our Language" first broadcasted on BBC Alba in the 90's, it's on UA-cam nowadays.
@@tedwilson8719 mango language app is the way I am learning. I live in Michigan, U.S.A. I am going to be in Scotland in less than a month. I have been practicing with mango since January and I feel comfortable enough to introduce myself, ask where places are, small talk about the weather and much more. I would say I would be fluent but I dont have anyone to practice with here in the states.
Roger Pease thank you 🙏 I’ll look into it!
I´m obsessed with Scotland, and I am in love with Scottish Gaelic and the Scottish english dialects! I hope I one day get to learn Gaelic
You can easily find books online.
It’s harder trying to understand us speaking English
Paulie Doodle haha bad idea 😂😂
I'm Irish and I can read and understand Basic Scottish Gaelic. It suprised me because I stumbled upon it. 😅
scots isn't a dialect of english, it's a language. it's great fun to learn, too
This is brilliant! I have Ulster Irish and am taking steps to learn the other Celtic languages. It’s important we know who we are and from where we came. It’s important to know our ancestors’ hardships and accomplishments! It’s important to see how we have changed-how we have grown and how we have regressed.
Now I want to live in Scotland. Greetings from Finland.
We'd love to have you!
Fàilte, you would be welcome. I’ve toured Finland, great country
How is it Scotland.
Tervetuola Englannista! Teillä on kaunis maa ja hieno kieli.
Ja haluaisin asua Suomessa ;)
Proud of the Scots, for keeping your language alive. Kiaora and Kia kaha from NZ.
Katerina Kempb Kia Ora! Im from Scotland but lived in New Zealand for a year and they are both very similar! Felt like I was at home
I'm going to try to help with scottish gaelic for duolingo
@@tjsluxmeachristus1936 It is our language. Gaelic was spoken all over Scotland until receding only to the highlands and Outer Hebrides.
@@tjsluxmeachristus1936 There is no record of the the picts speaking Doric. So you can speak Doric all you want, but don't try to act like you are somehow follow pictish culture, as we know very little about them, other than it was our native ancestry line. They most likely had their own language for all we know, but assuming how the majority of the British isle and Ireland where all Celtic tribes, I can bet it was most likely a variation of Gaelic.
This thing is, it’s dying out, very few speak it at all here.
My father would always tell me how my great-grandfather, a Macpherson from Dairbaig, was the last person in our family who spoke Gàidhlig. He was an illiterate highlander, but he married Mary Campbell from Inverness, who came from a much better family than him and was a bit of a matriarch. Gaelic at the time was considered the language of the lower-class and uneducated, and Granny forbade him to speak it in the house--so he would go outside and speak it to his horse! Unfortunately the horse learnt more Gaelic than the children, so sadly it wasn't passed on. I've always loved Gaelic music, and felt it was a way of feeling in touch with my heritage, and I always wished I could understand the words. Unfortunately I don't think there's anywhere you can learn it where my family lives in New Zealand. I still hope one day to reclaim my ancestral tongue and reconnect with my roots. Remember, the most precious things in the world are your land, your language, and your people. Never give them up; they're what make us who we are. Unfortunately modern white people in the West, particularly the diaspora communities in the colonies, have completely lost touch with their own culture. We have forgotten where we come from, and so we have forgotten who we are.
Halò, just to let you know the DuoLingo app recently added Scots Gaelic as a course and it's pretty good. It's all free and on all app stores. It's quite easy to get into and you can learn a lot from it.
@@marketgarden7337 thanks!
That’s weird. My ancestors are from Inverness and Kinross.
There is also a Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) College on Skye. They do a very good internet based course. Iam giving the Gàidhlig course on Duo lingo a go and enjoying it.
You're hardly in the West. And I'm sorry you come from Campbells.
You forgot to mention the East coast of Canada, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia has a lot of Gaelic speakers, many east coast musicians also sing in Gaelic and Prince Edward Island has Ceilighs, and the Piping College that has Gaelic singers. I had no idea there were people speaking it out in Alberta. As most people from PEI I have ancestors from Scotland, around the Island of Mull. I would love to see Scotland one day. My cousin has Highland Cattle in PEI, they are awesome.
It's difficult to condense 1500 years of Gaelic's complex history into a 6 minute video. Well done. An enjoyable and enlightening presentation.
I'm Irish. Very interesting, thanks to whoever shared with me. Ta Gaeilge agamsa. I speak Munster dialect. I once met music inspector from outer Hebrides. He gave me some books with songs from the area. I still have one. I sing a Scottish song, but with Munster pronunciation. I'm glad to hear you are trying to revive the language. My children went to a Gaelscoil. They have been successful here in Ireland. The one danger is loosing the richness of the individual dialects. Also there has been some Anglicisation. Something for you to watch for. Still, it's great that my children can speak this language fluently. Ta Gaeilge agamsa ach nil se go fliurseach agam. Wishing you every success in your revival. Go neiri libh.
What a beautiful language!! Especially the lovely songs..
Scottish Gaelic is beautiful. The lovely lilt in the tone seems to compliment the loveliness of the country itself. The language Iends itself well to poetry. Whether its recited or sung.
such a vibrant wee video, i am Scottish through and through and have took it upon myself to learn Gàidhlig. it is so strange that i have tried to learn other languages like Spanish, a language i love and struggle to remember it. and yet, Gàidhlig comes quite natural to me and it is somehow easier to remember. but that is beautiful because it is in my roots, one of the native languages of Scotland. it is such a fun and interesting language to speak, makes me feel even more at home and even more proud! 💙🏴
There needs to be more folks with your attitude. Scottish Gaelic is spoken music.
I want to visit Scotland soooo bad! This video brought me to tears and I don't know why. Greetings from a Hungarian girl currently living in Canada.😊
Hop on a plane and make it happen 😃
@@ryanferguson1976 hopefully soon, but definitely one day! It's expensive to travel, especially with two young kids.
I'm a Russian native speaker studying English... and I absolutely adore your accent and the amazing Gaelic language!
Many Gaelic-speaking Highlanders settled Canada in large numbers, and not just in Nova Scotia. Many settled in Ontario and Alberta, and the place names found in both of these provinces reflect origins in Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland. Calgary, for instance is the largest city in the province of Alberta, and it was named after its namesake which can be found on the Isle of Mull in the Highlands.
I live in London, Ontario, but less than an hour's drive to my west is the village of Glencoe. There is also nearby Iona Station, named after Iona. In the county where I was born, you can find the hamlet of Aberarder, the name of which also comes from the Highlands.
I love the Scottish accent
Which one? There’s many.
@@SpookyElectric319 probably not Glaswegian😂😉
So do I, could hear it every day.
Steffen Rosmus
Also probably not Edinburgh
From Glasgow 🤗
@ ..so they say,and yes but it can make a comeback..Foras na Gaelige have a New dictionary out..I am getting it for Samhain na Nollag buicious mor la Dia😍
Thank you for this amazing video on the Gaelic language and it's place in our Scottish heritage and culture. I often regretted that our 'native' language wasn't taught in our schools when I was a school girl, therefore am delighted to hear it is making a comeback. I bought a book titled, "Everyday Gaelic" when I visited Mull several years ago with the intent of learning it on my own, not doing so well I'm afraid, but I keep it still. Maybe someday! Thanks again for touching my heart.
Thank you for this informative insight to a beautiful language still being richly and culturally preserved to this day.
Being preserved? by how many people exactly? it's like the Monty Python parrot deceased not sleeping.
70 000 speakers worldwide, of all ages. Chan eil a' Ghàidhlig marbh.
Raghnaid Anna NicGaraidh does that mean “Scottish is not dead”? I speak Irish so I like to try to understand Gaelic!
I fell in love with Scotland since my first visit there last year!!! I'm very much glad to find yor updating^^!
I hear it spoken a lot when I roam the Western Highlands from Knoydart up to Ullapool and onward to Cape Wrath, all the places have Gaelic names, the people are warm and welcoming and will teach you what words mean and how to pronounce them correctly if you ask politely, I fell in love with the Highlands and always looking for excuses to go back, luckily Carlisle is not too far away.
Would love to go. I find the Highlands and the islands to be fascinating. Along with the rest of Scotland.
My grandad lived on the edge of Rannoch moor, he only spoke a few words of English which made it hard for my annual school holidays coming up from the suusex coast. He'd take myself and my 3 older sisters out in his archaic '56 land rover, to visit his friends and to get us out of the house. He would talk about the land, the weather and the people, little did we understand but sometimes understanding a language us more than knowing what the words mean but also about an emotional understanding of the context. When grandads eyes would fill with tears as he spoke about a loch and pointed to some distant shore, we understood his loneliness. (From the lone shieling of the misty island. Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas- Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides:)
The speaker in this video flew right over Nova Scotia a Canadian Atlantic Provinces in Canada that got it's a Latin name which means New Scotland. Now on Nova Scotia there's an island that is connected to the mainland of Nova Scotia by a bridge call Cape Breton Island. It is the only place I know of that has Canadians of Scottish ancestry from the Highlands of Scotland speaking the Scottish Gaelic. Two famous Maritime families that I know of from Cape Breton Island are the Rankin family and the Barra McNeill both families sing in English and in Gaelic. A lot of Cape Bretoners of Scottish Highlands ancestry kept the language and traditional Scottish dances alive like the Highland fling or sword dancing. Scottish Nova Scotians has one of the largest Cèilidh gathering of it's kind in North America. The second being in Ontario because a lot of Scottish Highlanders and lowlanders immigrated to Ontario too as well as Québec. But hey lady skip over all these Canadian Provinces go right straight to Banff Alberta. Just because they have a city named after a city in Scotland. Well in that case Nova Scotia has a city called New Glasgow on Cape Breton Island. Tapadh leat agus mar sin leat!
What a great video, thank you for sharing this.
I'm learning Scottish Gaelic with the aid of a German teacher. It's a frustrating language at times, but I'm persevering. Nice to see Jason commenting here too, my wife and I enjoy his videos :)
Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig còmhla ri thidseir "Ghàidheileamailteach" :) Uaireannan tha an cànan doirbh, ach bidh mi a' buanachadh. Tha e snog gun robh Jason a' sgrìobhadh facal cuideachd, is toil leinn na bhideothan aige :)
Thank you for sharing the beauty of Scottish Gaelic and the wonderful heritage of Scotland. Much of my heritage comes from Scotland.
As someone who has Irish on both sides of the family,I would love to see our Scottish cousins homeland. Looks so beautiful there and you can go to a land where another language is spoken but English is spoken and understood as well.
The Scottish Gaelic is closely related to Gaeilge (irish language). The cultures of both countries similar of course.
Thank you so much! I'm in the opening stages of an indie game where I'm taking heavy inspiration from Irish & Scottish culture and I've got a few location names in Gaelic, so hearing your pronunciations really helped a lot!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, GOD BLESSINGS SCOTLAND.
Dunedin, Albany, Banff. The names might be Scottish, but I’ll bet there’s nowhere in North America that has a stronger Scots influence, than Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (New Scotland), Canada. Only a few years ago, there were about 100,000 Gaelic speakers in Cape Breton. There still are pockets where the language still survives, and several musical groups, like “the Rankin Family”, and “”the Barra MacNeils”, still sing some songs in Gaelic. Also a lot of fiddle music and bagpipes are still played, and learned. There is a college on Cape Breton that teaches Gaelic, as well! I am sorry that this lovely video missed this!!
The Scot’s know our own, and I’d be at home anywhere in Nova Scotia, a weird thing is wen a group of people move, they retain the original culture, where as the country has moved on, so I’d love to visit and you can tell me about our shared history 😃
@@ryanferguson1976 sure, if you came, I’m sure a history lesson could be arranged!
@@karphin1 that would be amazing 👍
The video overlooks Nova Scotia (New Scotland/Alba Nuach) where the Gaelic culture thrives and where Gaelic is taught at all levels of education, particularly in Cape Breton.
Greetings from the Appalachian Mts of Northeast Tennessee, enjoyed your program. I'm proud of my Scott Ancestors, who endured hardship after hardship to settle here in America.🖋
Bugger aff Campbell 🖕
Its funny, and rather odd sometimes, how people who hail from the mountains,share similar traits and habits. I'm originally from Puerto Rico, and born in the mountains. Jibaros, have a distinctive and pronounced culture, which is different then coastal dwellers. The people in the mountains, are resilient, fiercely independent, strongly religious, and very hospitable. Much of the unique music is bittersweet, with a mixture of melancholy and joy. The mountains are beautiful, but living there is difficult because there are only a number of occupations one can engage in. So folks leave to the cities or other countries. But its that same spirit I pick up when I visit the Appalachians, or see the images of the Highlands. That poignant, melancholic, sweetness is there.
@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 thanks for the kind words.
@@luissantiago8446 it was good to hear your story and it was very interesting. God bless you.
@@billycampbell854 Thank you!
I'm not sure there is Gaelic in Banff. I don't really know where this fact came from but on Cape Breton island in Nova Scotia Gaelic is still spoken in homes and many communities to this day and the language is even thriving within the youth. Some children are still learning it in the home. There is a resurgence in learning the language and keeping it alive.
I never realised the scots pronounced gaelic as galic as opposed to galeic like we do in ireland. Also funny how the languages can look so similar and yet sound very unique and different
It’s is a very similar language but I think Scots Gaelic is far more guttural.
I can understand some Irish but the pronunciation throws me. Both beautiful languages, we are cousins 👍
When you see how differently we irish and scots speak english it's not suprising that we'd speak gealic differently donegal and northern ireland speak simerly to the scots
You said Gallic I wish I knew what the Belgicans spoke, or the Iceni peoples or did they speak Breton. My surname is partially Gallic or Beligican it is perserved due to being a name of town that my ancestors were lord over. See Gaul has been overly Latinized (Roman occupation for so long before the Franks came , but even the Franks in West Francia started speaking French which is more derived from Latin.) when it comes to language, so the original languages there died out.
Scotland and Ireland: 2 countries divided by one language
Finn MickCool nah. Heard this being said loads of times, but when I actually heard Scots Gaelic being spoken on BBC Alba it wasn’t anywhere as soft as Ulster Irish - which isn the defining feature of Ulster Irish - and at times was as harsh as Connacht Irish
Beautifully made video and fascinating too
Thank you for this! Beautiful and inspiring 😍
Glè mhath, agus tapadh leibh! I love this video! Indeed, Gàidhlig is a beautiful language, and I enjoy it very much!
I may not speak gealic as i live in dundee but i so much want to learn it and have been trying to learn it by using a website that is all about learning the beautiful language
You may watch on UA-cam episodes of Speaking Our Language which was shown on BBC Alba in the 90's, this is also a helpful hint. Also you may listen to BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal which is on the BBC Sounds(available only in the UK) or the BBC iPlayer Radio app you can download to your smartphone(Mobile data or Wifi is needed for access).
Scottish Gaelic is now available on the Duolingo app, do check it out.
I hope Gaelic becomes the most dominant language in Scotland.
In ireland (island too)
And spanish become majority in south USA
Gaelic is not a true Scottish language so no, we do not accept it in Scotland.
@@kingdomofbird8174 spanish is already popular in south america, but I do hope more endangered native american languages like Navajo, K'iche and Yucatec become more popular..
They are getting courses on duolingo so who knows..
@@finaltuned2755 You do know that no language is "truly" from anywhere, yes? Yes, Gaidhlig's linguistic ancestor (Old Irish) came to Scotland from Ireland. English's linguistic ancestor (Anglo-Saxon) came to England (coincidently around the same time) from Denmark and Friesland. Both Old Irish and the Cumbro-Pictish languages Old Irish replaced in Scotland came to to the British isles in general from Proto-Celtic in and around modern Austria, which itself now speaks a totally unrelated Germanic language (Modern German)... Every single language mentioned in this post 'came' to all of these places from the Balck Sea/Caucuses as various strains of Proto-Indo-European, replacing now extinct Pre-PIE substrate languages all along the way. It's what languages do. They spread, they change, they mix, and they diverge. That said, Gaidhlig, much like English, developed its uniqueness "as" a language distinct unto itself "in" Scotland. Hell, even the word 'Scotland' means 'land of the gaels'-- Similarly, English "became" English in England. French "became' French in France (where, as invasive Latin, it similarly wiped out an earlier (Celtic) substrate, which itself had already replaced a (Pre-PIE) substrate)--- the best claim any language has to belonging to anywhere is a history of local evolution into something different to either its cousins or its parent tongues, wherever they might be. Whether it survives or not, Gaidhlig is Scotland's because it's nobody else's-- if Gaidhlig is not a "true Scottish language" in your eyes, true national languages don't exist. Unless you're talking about critical mass speakership, in which case Scotland's true language is English until something bigger comes along and we're all writing this in Mandarin
@@sron-adharcach950 SOUTH OF AMERICA IS A CONTINENT, AND SOUTH OF USA IS REGION
Thank you for this informative video! I plan to move to scotland in a few years, after saving some money and speaking english perfectly and learning some gaelic sentences. Your country is the best!
You're going to be completely shocked if you try and learn English and then move to Scotland. They have very strong accents, dialects, and slang. I'm Irish and even I find them difficult to understand sometimes :P
@@GibsonLesMick yeah I know... But it's my dream to move to scotland - so I need to start make it able to do it somehow :D
@@HanneloreHaubentaucher well then I wish you the best of luck! :D
@@GibsonLesMick thank you dear :D
@Paulie Doodle thanks for that. Everything like that is very helpful :D I will work hard to learn the dialect there - am planning to move to the Aberdeenshire or something like that. Am so unhappy in Germany, so I hope I can move to scotland in about four years. But won't move until I speak fluently c:
I love this film I love Gaelic and I am learning it now
That's Nice why don't you learn a language that is relevant instead of that rubbish
edward howie let them learn what interests them,it’s how they have fun
@@edwardhowie6102 I would only say this to you Mr. Howie, to me I learn this language to keep it alive cause many died in Culloden and had it taken away, also because I love it and visited Scotland and got to speak it with locals. So for me and the future generations of those clans I will learn it with love in my heart. then there is another reason personal to me. My late father studied 13 languages prior to his strokes three of them and he loved languages and also my late mom had Alzheimer I am challenging my brain.
@@edwardhowie6102 TROLLLL in the dungeon 😂
Learning an entire side of my family was super Scottish (yes if you know) decided to learn this culture and wow is it amazing and fun can’t wait to learn it all
It's important to speak your local language and holding on to the traditions. Once gone its for ever!
This is one of the many languages I want to learn, as I’m part Scottish, including my own indigenous American language of Lushootseed of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, we indigenous peoples of the North American continent were severely punished for speaking our native tongue, and feel for our brothers and sisters who were oppressed in their cultures, but as demonstrated there’s almost always some small group fiercely determined to keep their language alive and I’m extremely grateful for their sacrifices and their efforts to teach us 🥺🙏🏽 🏴
I'm disappointed you didn't include Nova Scotia (New Scotland) in your list of Gaelic areas in Canada. Our population is strong with Scottish surnames and culture. Our citizens proudly wear tartan kilts and regularly conduct highland games with highland dance competitions. There is even a Gaelic College in our northern region of Cape Breton where roadsigns are displayed in English and Gaelic. You really should come visit us where you will be met with ciad mile failte.
I never heard of Nova Scotia, why did the Scots move over there I wonder
Tha mi à Sasainn. Despite being English I live in Scotland. I began learning Gaelic about a month or so ago. I'm really enjoying the experience!
I'm a Turkish whose hobby is to dabble into languages and I'm in love with Scottish Gaelic!!
It's one of the most beautiful languages when sung gently, especially by a woman.
@@charlieross-BRM indeed it is. would you give that kind of song recommendations for me to listen?
Kim Carnie & Julie Fowlis...
I absolutely fell in love with Scotland 2 weeks ago and I only went to Edinburgh. I really want to explore the entire of Scotland and visit the Emo Cows
Beautiful 🏴 at its best
I would love to visit Scotland! My Great, Great Grandfather McEwen left Scotland in the early 1800's and came to the USA. Thanks for the video!
I'm half full blooded Scottish and half French/Canadian...... and I live in Texas , gotta love this big world!!!!
I've been learning Scottish Gaelic for more than two years. I am thoroughly enjoying it - it's a beautiful language. I believe there are more than 500,000 people all over the world learning it on Duolingo. There has been a Scottish Government Consultation on Gaelic recently - I don't know if it is still going. Questions about Gaelic certainly featured in our Scottish Census 2022.
I go to a gealic school and the language is brilliant to confuse English speakers
I'm an Irish speaker Gaeilge having a go learning a wee bit of Gàidhlig, lots in common similar but Scottish Gaelic has some strange spelling compared to Irish. Still fun to try, am enjoying Irish and Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo!
i think gàidhlig is more similar to older forms of gaeilge
@@HN-kr1nf I agree Gaidhlig is more like Irish was before An Caighdéan Oifigiúil (The Official Standard) for Irish spelling was introduced in the 1950s
@@solasnagreine8708 i think it's because early forms of irish were spoken in ireland, the isle of man and parts of scotland. so it evolved into gaeilge in ireland,
gaelg in the isle of man and gàidhlig in scotland.
N H Nah, The kingdom of Dal Riata spoke old Irish, pictoand spoke Pictish and when they combined to firm Alba, Gaelic got some Pictish influence.
I think someone is having a laugh with Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo. One of the first phrases it taught me to say was, ‘Irn Bru agus cù.’ Which I think means Irn Bru and a dog. 😂
At least you can’t say the Scots don’t have a sense of humour lol.
Did you say there are Gaelic radio stations? I'm a "New Scot" (moved from England last year) and I'm learning the language on Duolingo - at first just so I could pronounce the place names, but I'm getting more and more into it! It's a fascinating language. I think listening to a Gaelic radio station would probably really help.
Beautiful! Thanks, Mary Ann! :)
amazing video, i’ve learn something new today, thanks a lot❤
will definitely go visit, such an amazing land
My paternal grandfather, Murdo, born on Lewis, was a Gaelic speaker from infancy. He didn't learn English until he went to school. He married a Glaswegian girl and they moved to Canada sometime before the First World War.
Absolutely beautiful. Salutations and support from fellow Celts.. Cariad at bob dim o'r Alban.
My first language. I still speak it, too.
It is such a pity this beautiful language was not kept going.Its lovely to listen to and the songs really relax you.I hope it is brought back in more schools.👍
WOW! Can't believe there is NO mention of New Scotland otherwise known as Nova Scotia where our ancestors crossed the Atlantic & a strong Gaelic community (Cape Breton) still resides!
A glaring oversight.
Amazing!!!! Falling in love with this country. Thanx for posting.
Excellent video! Gle mhath!!!
I grew up hearing Slàinte at family get togethers on my mom's side we would talk about the Scottish Roots a lot growing up and now I'm learning Gaelic on my own using Duolingo I look forward to one day being able to travel to Scotland
Half Celtic (mostly Scottish), half tyke( Yorkshire) and I’m proud of both my heritages
I really enjoyed this video. I am Scottish but unfortunately don't speak Gaelic. It was so interesting to learn where all the names came from like Dundee. I really hope this language continues and does not become extinct.
Oh my ancestors language, I wish to learn! I hope it comes on Duolingo app soon!!
Gaelic isn't on DuoLingo, but it is on Mango Languages! Check your local library for access. =)
It is pretty similar to Irish if you wanted to get a taste of it on duolingo. ádh mór
@@NicTC26 thanks so much for this comment! I was wondering where I could learn
There is also a Learn Scottish Gaelic app if you have apple devices. I really enjoyed it as there is a bit of humor sprinkled in. Wish it was available for Android too though
@@solidus784 nope the more you look at it the more separate they are even the grammar
Never been to Scottland but would love to visit!!!
Born in Los Angeles, 4th generation Californian, I am Scottish/Irish.
Tay is my middle name and my Father's Mother's maiden name.
My Father's Father (Francis from Canada)
I named My first born Tay.
I HOPE TO VISIT YOU OVER THERE IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND SOMEDAY!!
It looks beautiful!
I'm half Scottish & half Norwegian. One day I'll sail across the sea and come visit.
You will be welcome. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH.
You've got your own longboat?
@@fryrish7749 : Yes, I do :-)
@@northscot9862 Tiocfaidh do là
@@patrickmurphy9266 Nas luaithe na nas fhaide air adhart tha mi an dòchas. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
I really want to learn Gaelic and I plan on doing it soon! I just love Scottish culture and history🏴🤍 love from Poland🇵🇱
As an Irish speaker I'm really uneasy as to how I can understand everything in this language without having ever heard it before
Why uneasy?
I’ve been to Ireland many times, and as a Scot I immediately recognised many uncanny similarities, we are the same, but slightly different.
Scots Gaelic is a more guttural language than Irish, I would be surprised if you understand some of the stronger dialects.
I didn't mean it in a bad way, I just meant I was surprised ! We don't really experience this with English.
If you can understand one, you can understand the other. In general.
Aoife L I’ve been trying to learn Irish for over a year now. Just started Duolingo’s Scots Gaelic and I prefer the audio Duo supplies for that; it’s better than the Irish which is sadly, lacking. I’m surprised how many words and sentences I understand in Gaelic. Still can’t hold a decent conversation, though😖
Eader Erin agus Alba, an sruth na moile,just 12 miles,a lot o cross ower between da twa
How wonderful, my mothers family records go back to Scotland in the 16th centuary and I love Scotland and have been all throughout many times.The true language is amazing. Cheers from Australia.
It's important to keep languages alive which in turn keeps culture and heritage. American Indians/indigenous have difficult time on that because the language is almost all been lost. The same goes for Hawai'i and Ainu alongside Icelandic. What the Scots and Irish have done to revive Gaelic is remarkable.
Icelandic is alive and well in Iceland.
My Mom was from Edinburgh and would sing a song to us in Gaelic, which I sing to my kiddos now ❤️
Gaeilge and Gaelic are so similar wow, Gaeilge is still taught in schools in Ireland especially in Irish schools (everything is in Irish like exams, books etc. even if you speak English you get in trouble lol) but I’m glad we are still teaching Irish here, it’s nice to try keep our culture alive after we weren’t allowed to express our culture during the period of England ruling Ireland.
scotland is the most bigoted wee country probably in the world
I loved this video and i really hope that this language will continue to stay alive, it really sounds beautiful
What‽ No mention of New Scotland‽‽‽ (Nova Scotia!!!!) Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has Gaelic signage everywhere. The Gaelic College teaches the language. Kilts and tartan a plenty. A huge part of our culture. Way more than Banff!
Banff Aberdeenshire or Banff oer the water
St FX Uni in Antigonish offers under graduate and graduate degrees in Gaelic. Most street signs and rural communities are signed English and Gaelic.
I've never seen much Gaelic signage in NS - other than in Pugwash. Anyway, signs don't mean much, and the kilts and tartans don't have much to do with Gaelic culture. I'm all for the Gaelic, and Cape Breton deserves a mention - but there are only a few native-speakers left. I think Banff was mentioned only as a place-name with Gaelic roots ... ?
Why would they mention Nova Scotia? It's in a completely different country. This video is about Scotland. You know, the original.
@@Syklonus The video is about Scottish Gaelic, not about Scotland. You know, the language.
I'm glad to the TV show "Outlander" for introducing me to such a beautiful language and culture.
Great video. Hope to see Gaelic's revival one day. Alba gu bràth! Love from Armenia
resonant across the milky-way! love ❤
As an Irish guy I'm amazed at how similar it is to Irish, its essentially another dialect of Irish!
Fáilte, ó do dheartháireacha in Éirinn. 🇮🇪🏴
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Yes
I live in Slovenia and I'm learning Scottish Gaelic. Scottland and Ireland are the countries I wish to visit once the most in Europe
I love gaelic culture, greetings from Brazil !
Hey listen lady, I’ve done all those things. … still haven’t come over yet but the hunger… the hunger to come back home.
I’m Fraser and I was quite affronted and felt it was nice to see our weave in the populace.
I crave the return of Gaelic preeminence to Scotland. English literature is amazing, and English should never be abandoned for its usefulness in commerce and international affairs, it's true, but it's time we embrace our heritage before it's too late. I'd like to see a renaissance of Scottish Gaelic literature.
Scottish Gaelic or Gàidhlig na Alba has already been revived thanks largely to the National Language Act of 2005 enacted by the Scottish Parliament and became law by the Scottish Government ever since. My godson born in Edinburgh of Scottish - Korean parentage was educated in Gàidhlig and he's fluent in English, Korean (his mother's native language) and Welsh.
@@dennis12dec Wishful thinking. It's not taught in every school and it's mostly concentrated in rural parts in the northwest. Better than it's been treat in past with Gàidhlig speakers in the central belt/lowlands being beaten at school but still a long way to go.
Lovely video! I wished the Gaelic had been spoken more slowly, with repetition so that we might actually be able to repeat and learn these few phrases, at least. But it’s great that Scots Gaelic is now available on Duolingo!!
What about the influence of Vikings coming in starting about 900 AD and what about the "Pict" people, the original Scots ?
Aye they forgot about the Picts, some of us are still around .
duncancallum Your DNA 🧬 made it to Algeria 🇩🇿 lol
How come Algeria susan.@@Susanc06
duncancallum Because I’m doing DNA 🧬 test over there since I found out I’m North African as well as Scottish. There is mixed culture we did not even know about it’s really crazy. I have 2 Algerian guys it say Orkney Island as part of their distant Ancestry. I’m writing a book actually on the Celtic Tribes and I was looking at the Picts and I was sad because I thought they were extinct but here you are! 😀 So I’m very happy to see you lol
Lots of Gaelic words come from viking words
It's such a beautiful language. I wish I could speak it. My grandmother was from Banff, but I've never been.
Your country, people and the language are lovely! What's the word for someone who loves Scotland in Scottish Gaelic?
Is breá liom Albain
[I love Scotland]
Is breá liom Cailíní na hAlban lena gcuid gruaige Sinséar
[I love the Scottish Girls with their Hair so Ginger] ..
[Or Brown. Or Blond. Or Black. Or Auburn. Or whatever gets them out of their Scottish Knickers, grinding my Wee Willie Winkie like a Nashed-out Nessie on a Rutting Rampage] ..
Saor Alba Gu Brath
"Go Scotland!" [Not Literally]
"Free Scotland Forever" [also not literally] ..
@@bradhartliep879 Thank you, Brad.
Brad Hartliep this is definitely Irish Gaelic!
@@yallowapples after a little investigation, it appears you are right.
@@bradhartliep879 yep mate that’s Irish Gaelic but you tried
I have an special bound with the language since I watched Brave and fell in love with the Noble Maiden Fair, it led me to Julie Fowlis , I'd to visit Scotland one day!
Alba gu bràth 🏴🏴🏴
Correct
Scotland the brave
a:lba gu: bra:
Tha Alba sgonneil!
Érin agus Alba go brách 🇮🇪🇬🇧🏴
I reckon I could chat with a Scottish person whose English I don't understand in Gaelic... They'll speak Scottish Gaelic and I will do my Irish Gaelic, they sound almost identical
I've only just started to understand the history of Scotland, and up until recently I thought Gaelic was a exist language.
Thank you for this informative video.
Jonathan Maughan what they don’t tell you the kids got a smack if the reverted back to there native tongue in school
@@keithlordofalbascotland3371 that's terrible :(
My Mother was abused by the state as a child too. She is left handed, if she used her left hand at School she was cained.
We have a Dunedin in Florida!❤
Crocodile dun de?
I am a descendant of Macdonald. I have tracked the Royal Scots from Central Asia to Spain and across France (Gaul) to Northern Briton, or Scotland. The Scots were never in Ireland until some went down there hundreds of years later. Bruce Howard