Irish and Gaelic Irish? Plus other quesitons!

[marvelredneck]

I decided to boil all my questions into one thread as to make it easier.

Q1: There is a school out here that offers, what's the difference?:

Elementary Irish
Elementary Irish-Gaelic

Q2: How many Goidlic(sp) languages are there? How many have evolved, what's the skinny?

Q3: In regards to the whole celtic-gaelic saga, how do the languages play a part? I mean, in regards to gaels being celt, but not all celts being gaels, how does the language influence/differ in this whole uber-super structure?

Q4: How similiar is Irish Gaelic and Scot Gaelic? Which one would provide a better foundation, if one were to pursue learning the other as well?

Q5: Dialects galore! Anyone able to boil down the Gaelic dialects across the board? Ireland, Scotland, Manx!?



Whoever undergoes this task, God speed! And thank you!


-BB

A1: I suppose they are they same.
A2: There are three Gaelic languages, Irish, Manx(Isle of Man), and Scottish.
A3: I don't understand what you mean?
A4: Irish is very similar to Scottish, in fact, I know some speakers who say they are often times mutually intelligible. And I would suggest learning Irish first, as there is MUCH more material in it, and once you have learned it, it will be much easier to learn Scots.
A5: ?

[Oldhiker]

there are more than three Gaelic languages.

Goidelic Branch - three main ones Scot Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Manx

Brythonic Branch - three main ones Welsh, Cornish and Breton.

many other sub species of each branch

There are 7 Celtic nations, one of which does not speak gaelic - Galicia which speaks a Spanish based language but has Celtic gentics.

[marvelredneck]

there are more than three Gaelic languages.

Goidelic Branch - three main ones Scot Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Manx

Brythonic Branch - three main ones Welsh, Cornish and Breton.

many other sub species of each branch

There are 7 Celtic nations, one of which does not speak gaelic - Galicia which speaks a Spanish based language but has Celtic gentics.

Maybe you misread, he said GAELIC languages, not Celtic in general. There ARE only three GAELIC languages, the Brythonic languages are a seperate branch of Celtic languages and not Gaelic at all. But both Goidelic and Brythonic are Celtic.

[Burly Brute]

Maybe you misread, he said GAELIC languages, not Celtic in general. There ARE only three GAELIC languages, the Brythonic languages are a seperate branch of Celtic languages and not Gaelic at all. But both Goidelic and Brythonic are Celtic.

This is where it get's confusing. I know the somewhat distinctions, but my history on Gaels and Celts is so...lacking? Ugh! Not that this hurts me in the languages per se, but it's something I want to investigate more thoroughly.


thanks for everyone's responses!!!

-Zach