Scottish Gaelic

[ skot-ish gol-ikor, often, gey-lik ]

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the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia. : ScotGael, Scot. Gael.

Scottish Gaelic

noun

the Goidelic language of the Celts of Scotland, spoken in the Highlands and Western Isles

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Donald is a fluent Scottish Gaelic speaker and said he was able to recognise that the ball was related to Irish Gaelic.

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Ms Hindmarch added that Celtic languages could sometimes be used sloppily, citing the blunder by Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros, where she was forced to apologise after using Scottish Gaelic names but mispronouncing them.

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The ceremony also will include female bishops for the first time, as well as hymns and prayers sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, as well as English.

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The Coronation on Saturday will be the first to incorporate other languages spoken in Britain, with a hymn set to be sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.

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Irish, a Celtic language closely related to Scottish Gaelic, is the oldest spoken language in Western Europe, according to Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, a professor at Concordia University’s School of Irish Studies in Montreal.

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