Irish and Gaelic Irish? Plus other quesitons!

[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