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.
