Would you like to speak some celtic tounge?

[Mingle]

source? from what i understand native speakers of irish gaelic today are very few, the vast majority of speakers speak a reconstructed language. if you could show otherwise that would be great

It can't be reconstructed if it was never extinct in the first place. It's always had at the very least tens of thousands of speakers.

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[Senpai]

Scottish Gaelic sounds like fuckin Dothraki, I'm in. Teach me.

[Óttar]

They must be very interesting languages. The thing I can't understand it's why Irish is so endangered; why when Ireland obtained the independence they continued to use the invader's language instead of their own language?

This is quite mystifying. The problem is that Irish is taught in schools as a fossilized language, using antiquated poetry and not taught as a living, evolving language. The Irish teachers also used the same methods of corporal punishment on students that were used against Irish pupils when English was forced on them in the schools. This has led to a backlash among the younger generation. I hope that a new, urban Irish will arise, but only time will tell.

[Grace O'Malley]

This is quite mystifying. The problem is that Irish is taught in schools as a fossilized language, using antiquated poetry and not taught as a living, evolving language. The Irish teachers also used the same methods of corporal punishment on students that were used against Irish pupils when English was forced on them in the schools. This has led to a backlash among the younger generation. I hope that a new, urban Irish will arise, but only time will tell.

All the diaspora should go back and start sending their children to all the Gaelscoileanna. I have read their is an increase in children going to the Gaelscoileanna though. I don't think Irish will ever die out but I hope the Gaeltacht areas don't decrease too much further.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/c...acht-1.3040392

[wvwvw]

As long as I could pronounce it correctly..

[CertifiedCracker]

I studied Irish Gaelic for a bit.

[TEUTORIGOS]

I guess Ulster Irish since AncestryDNA says my genetic community is in Ulster but learning French as a second language is more practical and I speak more French than Celtic.

Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Ulster. It "occupies a central position in the Gaelic world made up of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man". Ulster Irish thus has more in common with Scottish Gaelic and Manx than other Irish dialects do.

Speaking Ulster Irish could be useful if I want to escape the concrete jungle of New York for the lush green land of Donegal.

[CertifiedCracker]

I guess Ulster Irish since AncestryDNA says my genetic community is in Ulster but learning French as a second language is more practical and I speak more French than Celtic.

Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Ulster. It "occupies a central position in the Gaelic world made up of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man". Ulster Irish thus has more in common with Scottish Gaelic and Manx than other Irish dialects do.

Speaking Ulster Irish could be useful if I want to escape the concrete jungle of New York for the lush green land of Donegal.

How stereotypical

[Grace O'Malley]

This is a good video. People in the street being asked about Irish and it is mostly in Irish with subtitles.

[Art23]

Who are Celts ? The typical cliché is that Celts are exclusively those in Ireland, Scotland and Brittany, completely disregarding other Celts. I speak French, that's actually the most widely spoken language by "Celts", since most Celts lived in the territory of modern France.