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Celtic Pronounciations 
The first thing to take into consideration in this lesson is that it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to master all these sounds in the space of a week or two! My advice is that you keep returning to this page as often as possible throughout the entire course (I'll keep reminding you!). Consider this page as a reference resource to which you can go back in order to check up on your pronunciation as well as a place to learn and practice. In any case, try to do a little bit at a time rather than attempt to learn everything at once. For example, just try to become familiar with the long and short vowels on day 1, then continue at whatever speed you're comfortable with. You should listen to how whole sentences sound by going regularly to Raidi na Gaeltachta. Initially you won't understand a lot, but you'll hear Irish spoken quickly and fluently, and you'll become familiar with Irish language speech rhythms. Now, to begin
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Gaelic and Scots Language
Information in English about the Gaelic language. Includes a 240kb Gaelic Dictionary to download and Gaelic Renaissance majors on highland history. Learning Our Language has a range of learning materials, work books, audio cassettes and videos.
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Gaelic Language Lessons
So you want to learn Gaelic? Great! Welcome to the Gaelic language, the language of the Scottish Gaels in the north-west of Scotland. Gaelic belongs to the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. It is closely related to Irish spoken in Ireland and extinct Manx (although it is now being revived) on the Isle of Man. Its distant relatives are Welsh (spoken in Wales and even in Patagonia, Argentina!!), extinct Cornish (also is being revived in Cornwall, England), and Breton spoken in north-west of France.
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Irish Language Lessons
Irish, like most of the languages in Europe and like many in Asia as well, is a member of the Indo-European family of languages, a family descended from a common ancestral language that was probably spoken between 3000 and 2000 B.C., and probably in the area of what is now Iran or the Caucasus. The Indo-European languages are divided up into different branches; French and Spanish belong to the Romance branch, for instance, whereas English belongs to the Germanic branch. The Irish language belongs to another branch altogether, Celtic, which is split into two parts called "p" and "q" Celtic". "Q" Celtic contains Irish, Scots Gaelic, and Manx, collectively called the Gaelic languages; "p" Celtic contains Welsh, Cornish, and Breton, the "Brythonic" languages. Although all of the Celtic languages retain some features in common, generally the languages of "p-Celtic" are unintelligible to speakers of the languages of "q-Celtic", and vice versa
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Scottish Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic or just Gaelic (Gàidhlig; SAMPA: /"gAlIk/) is one of the Goidelic branches of Celtic languages still in use today. The Goidelic (northern) branch includes Scottish and Irish Gaelic as well as Manx, and is distinct from the Brythonic branch which includes Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. Scottish, Manx and Irish Gaelic are all desce
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Scottish Names
This site is dedicated to First Names with Scottish roots. It includes Scottish names from traditional Gaelic to modern Scots. If you're looking for the perfect name for your baby, dog, character in your novel or anything else, We hope this will be a good resource!
However, if you are interested in Surnames or Genealogy, this is not the place for you! I have a few links to Scottish genealogy sites on my links page. I do have a few surnames on my Surnames page. However, this page's intent is to provide a list of surnames that sound euphonious as first names. If you're interested simply in the meaning of your name, however, you may want to start here
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