I hate that the fucking English killed the Gaelic Language

[UndertheOcean]

such a beautiful language , almost lost .

[Inchworm]

1. Scots got a shitty end too

I don't get why they are all cool.

:shrug:

[JCMach1]

2. That's okay, India will kill-off 'English' shortly with Indian English

same same as those other languages.

[amandabeech]

3. The Irish teach Irish Gaelic in their schools. It is one of the official languages.

About half the Irish now can speak it at least some.

As Scotland devolves, my guess is that Scottish Gaelic will make a comeback simply because it isn't English.

The Welsh are starting to bring their version back as well. Don't know about Breton or Cornish.

So all is not lost.

[timtom]

4. Cornish is still being propagated.

"In the 20th century a conscious effort was made to revive Cornish as a language for everyday use in speech and writing (see below for further details about the dialects of modern Cornish).

This revival can be traced to the work of Jenner, who in 1904 published his work A Handbook of the Cornish Language. This formed the basis for the language revival and learning. In his work he observed There has never been a time when there has been no person in Cornwall without a knowledge of the Cornish language."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_language

Another good link: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cornish.htm

[amandabeech]

9. Thanks for the good info. n/t

[ashling]

7. we can dream

:shrug: :)

[Brigid]

10. I hear that in Ireland . . .

all teachers must learn Irish. I wish I could find a place to take classes around here.

[stray cat]

5. We should all be speaking Latin right?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

15. Quod, me vexari???

:D

[JVS]

6. Their spelling is really whacked out. I won't miss them.

[Swede]

8. I'm still bummed that the Scythians did the same to the Cimmerians.

:shrug:

[Posteritatis]

11. My next-door neighbor when I was living in Cape Breton spoke it fluently

It had a resurgence there as a second language in the last several decades; I think there was a period where there were more Gaelic speakers there than in Scotland. I regret not picking it up, though I'm working on other languages right now..

[JohnnyLib2]

12. Here's the place for you.

Language institute in Dingle, County Kerry. Or, you could skip the classes and enjoy the most beautiful place I've found.

http://www.diseart.ie/

[mulsh]

13. The English devised many ways to destroy cultures.

One of the best and quickest ways is to kill the native language. We tried it on native Americans to various sucesses but the English were masters of cultural destruction.

One of the many reasons I have very little good to say about the English, their rulers and governemnt. Every where they went they left destruction and local populations slowly clawing their way back to health.

Rue Britania indeed

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. A few years ago,

I read an article that said that Irish Gaelic has become trendy among Irish yuppies and that they have founded immersion schools.

Welsh is still pretty strong, but Scots Gaelic has been in trouble for a long time.

[Odin2005]

16. But the spelling is insane!

[EndersDame]

17. And now text speak and twitter are killing English

C U L8er eglsh

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. Celtic languages are alive if not necessarily well

in Wales, 20% of the population speak Welsh and all signs are in Welsh and English by law; in Cornwall there's just been a new law to require Cornish as well as English on street signs; in Scotland, bilingual English/Scots Gaelic signs are common in the Highlands; in the Republic of Ireland road signs are in Gaelic and English; and in Brittany signs in Breton and French are quite common.