Gaelic

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Gaelic as an adjective means "pertaining to the Gaels", including language and culture. (See categorys below)

As a noun, it may refer to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the individual languages.

Gaelic may thus mean or refer to:

• Goidelic languages - or "Gaelic languages"
• Gaeilge Irish Gaelic
• Irish language
• Gàidhlig Scottish Gaelic
• Scottish Gaelic language, or the derived Canadian Gaelic dialect.
• Manx language

When referring to Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic is usually pronounced /gɑːlɪk/ or /gælɪk/; /galɪk/ in Scots and Scottish English. When referring to Irish or Manx, it is usually pronounced /geɪlɪk/.

Shelta is sometimes counted as a Gaelic or Goidelic language; however, while it is closely associated with Irish it is not genetically related, being instead a cant which has borrowed a great volume of Irish vocabulary.