Ceòlas chairwoman interview (Gaelic)

[RubberDuckieZilla]

i agree tht scottish gaelic(pronounced galik) is from the irish. i speak scottish gaelic and im proud :)

[donnajeanapril17]

I agree with Br2veHe2rt. The natural flow of the language is important to hear. Every bit of it helps and this is a great video ! Thanks !

[colonia1]

om it sounds sooo like irish

[Br2veHe2rt]

Very helpful to those of us who want to just hear everyday spoken Scots Gaelic. Thank you!

[SepherStar]

I thought it was Irish gaelic.

[UISTMAN59]

It would be interesting to know why you would think that.

[amandaberesford]

I would guess unfamiliarity. There are lots of similar sounds etc. so it would be harder for a non-speaker to pick out the more obvious differences.

[risteard01]

....probably because they are similar

[amandaberesford]

that's quite true, they are.

[SeanOBriain]

Gaidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Gaeilge (Irish), so that is why it sounds similar to it.

Tapadh leibh a NiallBeag

[NorthLimitation]

Well, Gaidhlig technically comes from middle Irish, which is quite a bit different from Gaeilge - but that really is splitting hairs and you're more or less correct :)

[SeanOBriain]

Yes of course :) Middle Irish is Gaeilge. Sean-Ghaeilge to be precise. But yes, we're really splitting hairs ;)

[NorthLimitation]

Middle Irish isn't Gaeilge! Gaeilge descends from Middle Irish without a doubt, but Gaeilge is no more middle Irish than English is middle English. Bear in mind that back then Irish was more a sort of pan-Goidelic language spoken in Scotland, Isle of Man and Ireland.

[SeanOBriain]

Gaeilge is the Irish word for the Irish language. I'm an Irish speaker. We call old & middle-irish "Sean-Ghaeilge". Gaeilge is just an evolved form of Sean-Ghaeilge. I didn't mean that Irish of today was the exact same as Middle-Irish.