In defence of Scottish Gaelic
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- čas přidán 8. 12. 2019
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As a Cherokee person who struggles to find resources to learn the language, I'm continually struck by the parallels between marginalized languages in the British isles and the native languages over here. Absolute solidarity with you guys and best of luck to all the Gaelic students!
as a linguist studying linguistics in school, i find that many marginalized languages have a lot of things in common in that way. I hope you are finding more progress in your studies of Cherokee, all language is beautiful
Reading Robin Wall Kimmerer learning Potawatomi actually led to continue my learning with Gaelic this morning
People have a right to their heritage languages, and even more so if that heritage language was beaten out of their ancestors.
And for people who aren't heritage speakers, languages are awesome! Monolingualism is a sad state of affairs and everyone deserves to learn different tongues. Yay, Gaelic!!
Hear hear!
Yass
@Music This kind of thinking makes me, as a multilingual Scot, sad. There are many, many reasons why Gaelic declined, but your version is just one of them and not even wholly true at that.
Linguistically, English is actually not that accessible as a language to the majority of non-native speakers. People outside the the Germanic and Romance language communities have trouble learning it unless they are exposed to the language from early childhood. The only reason English became a lingua franca, and even then only really in the 20th century, is because of imperialism, first British, then American, and more recently over the past 30 years through the internet.
However, the thing that made me a bit angry was your arrogant assertion that Gaelic is "a language without a cultural or economic purpose". Also, claiming that most Scots think that it is "blood" that makes you Scottish and not culture is such a weird thing to say.
Anyway, just speak for yourself instead of making claims for "most Scots".
agreed. language is so much more than just words. language reflects how the world is perceived on very subtle levels, and those differences in percepthon are important, not only in how people realate to the land and people around them, but also how they view the rest of the world as well.
As an Irish Gaelic speaker, it’s very exciting to learn Scots Gaelic, a language so near. An integral part of our ancient heritage. All my children wen to Gaelic speaking schools, they perform better than their English Language counterparts because they have that extra “something”. I look forward to speaking Scots Gaelic in Scotland soon. Tha sibh sgoinneall.☘️
Was dead well chuffed to understand basic Irish words on Twitter and audiobooks like Ballylenon, set in Co Donegal
Right on Niall! Keep helping the cause brother :)
Thank you so much for this video! I'm Colombian (or Scolombian, under the new Scottish world order) and grew up bilingual in Spanish and English. My bilingualism was never something that held me back or confused me, it has only been an asset throughout my life. I've started learning Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo despite the fact that I have no historical or ancestral connection to Scotland at all. I simply love Scottish history and culture, and I feel like learning Gaelic has definitely given me a lot more insight into the country. The language might not be spoken much today, but it would be ridiculous to try to claim that it has not had a deep influence in the history and culture of present day Scotland. English speakers who want to claim that Gaelic is a completely useless language might as well stop using words such as galore, pet, slogan, trousers, or (god forbid) whisky, all of which come from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic origin.
I've just gotta say, as someone who's been looking for materials to learn Gaelic since 2013, I'm glad there's finally readily available materials out there. Seeing Gaelic on the signs at train stations makes me smile.
I'm from the Musselburgh area, didn't have any exposure to Gaelic when i was growing up, as far as I remember.
If you're from Musselburgh, go visit Prestonpans battlefield site with a guide book audio book download about the battle site. Lots of Gaelic used at the battle site.
Thank you for making this video.
I am scottish, had zero exposure to gaelic in scottish daily life, and have no gaelic speaking family with exception of my grandfather who knows a few bits and peices (he was also beat in school for speaking it as well as being left handed). Been exposed to these dismissive attitudes towards gaelic throughout my life from English friends as well as Scottish. Its so important that we dont let them sink us in their bullshit and psuedo-superiority, I am bilingual in English and Spanish and will vouch for the positive impacts of bilingualism on the brain and personal development of understanding! I am definitely hoping to learn more Gaelic in this year, for my heritage but also just to keep learning and opening my eyes and mind further!
Thanks again man. Keep it up.
Rory McDonough Cheers Rory, Happy new year!
Rory McDonough I wish they taught it in our schools more
I'm Scottish and currently speak no gaelic.
I do plan to move to the Hebrides in the future so I've decided to learn gaelic. Somebody wouldn't move to Spain without learning Spanish. It's exactly the same with gaelic.
Not only is it polite to be able to communicate in a language many people within island life hold dear to their heart. It's also a useful language to learn given 50% of people are able to converse in it.
Regardless of what country I moved to. I'd attempt to learn the language. As a Scot I think we should all be able to speak gaelic .
tha cearc agus IRN-BRU!
Mór agus blasta!
I love it. I'm almost done with the course and I keep wondering if I will have the chance to use sentences like this!
No not the Duolingo ones 😭 Tha thu math 👏
Lol- Chan eil briogais orm
@@Silentsister obh obh. Sin dona 😰
I'm making a Duolingo account only to study Scottish Gaelic
I'm pretty sure a lot of Scots done that
I'm a native Irish speaker and I did all of my subjects in school (except English) through Irish. Even French. Because, yeah, learning a native language doesn't rule out learning a foreign one as well.✌️
You don't learn a native language btw, your native language is the language you were raised with by your parents/environment. It's the one you just end up having. Your first language.
@@cigh7445 so you didn't learn to walk or talk, it just happened? What an interesting baby you must've been.
@@cigh7445 also, this was referencing 23:09
When the Jews revived Hebrew language nobody talked them that it's useless.
I'm not even an English speaker but as as a native speaker of one of endangered languages that one big empire vanished, I totally support your struggle for Scottish Gaelic.
Your language is a part of your individuality and European diversity. And by the by, that a Celtic language. The language of marvelous people with millennia history.
When I listen Julie Fowlis, for example, I feel how Scottish Gaelic is unique.
To be honest, learning any language, as you have pointed out, has more benefits than any of the alleged "drawbacks" (read conspiracy). In Paraguay, most of the population is bilingual in spanish and Guarani, which is one native language, and that does not hinder in one bit the development of anyone, and also helps people to understand their culture and history in a deeper level. It only makes sense for Scottish people to learn Gàidhlig.
Also, it sounds sexy as hell.
na it sounds disgusting
@@s.tefannilsson subjective
@@s.tefannilsson Wrong but alright.
Nearly 200 days into the Scots Gaelic course on duolingo!!! As an American with strong Scottish ancestry I broke into tears when this course became available.
Well done!
I’m an Irish speaker from Ireland. There are many parallels between your content and the story of our own Irish language, and there’s a lot in this that I can relate to. First I can’t tell you how inspiring you and the other Scottish people in the Gaelic revival movement are to me. Regarding the haters-the Irish language has always had a similar group of haters, and they have been just as irrational here as those poor misguided idiots you mentioned in your video. Also, like Scotland, the intervention of British law very quickly and violently eradicated the language everywhere in Ireland except in a small number of Gaeltachtaí, and one can’t help but feel that the extreme and irrational hatred towards such an invaluable treasure as the Gaelic language must be in part fuelled by a psychological after-effect of that cruel colonial-British policy. However despite the haters, the Irish language movement keeps growing here in Ireland with more gael scoileanna (all-Irish schools) opening every year, and from what I can see, the same is happening there. Your language is a treasure that will never stop rewarding those who endeavour to preserve it; it should and must be nourished back to full health. Everything you say is correct, is duine den scoth thú (translated at the expense of all nuance and beauty that roughly means you sir are excellent). Btw I’m not particularly nationalist , my enthusiasm is for the incalculable value of languages themselves, and not for any political cause. Thank you.
You mean a box of Tìoraidh-ohs, surely ;P
Perfect comment!
O mo chreach, tha sin uabhasach 😂
Oh God, that’s terrible 😂
I can't wait to live in Scalifornia and visit my grandparents in Sexico
ocean lopez same
I would love to see Gàdhlig become a healthy living language. I’m rooting for all the Celtic languages to revive stronger than ever. Go raibh maith agat!
Thank you. I just completed day 1 learning Gaelic on Duolingo. 🏴😎
That's on Duolingo? All this time I've been learning Polish and Pashto. Was planning a trip to Britain.
Now on day 673 😎👌🏻
👍sgoinneil
I've only recently started the duo lingo Gàidhlig course... and I'm really grateful that it's available. Had to turn a half a century old to eventually get this chance. Learning my ancestral language was never an option at school. It was even forbidden to speak Scots or even our dialect.
You didn't class yourself as "bilingual" until you'd studied "foreign" languages.....but I say you've been it since your early years...
bidin in Falkirk wi yir femily an havin tae "talk proper" at school... you cannae say that wissnae bilingual 🤓...
I am firmly convinced, that Scottish people have a greater potential to language learning (even passive) than our sasanach neighbours 😉
...gaelic is not a foreign language.. it might be spoken by a minority. But it's not "foreign" to Scotland.😊
Halo! Ciamar a tha sibh? How is the course going?
Tha gù math, tapadh leibh 😊 ciamar a tha sibh fhein?
Tha e a ’dol gu math..Chan eil mi fileanta ach tha mi ag ionnsachadh.
(gu slaodach ach a h-uile latha)
Tha duolingo sgoinneil! 👍
tìoraidh 😁
Where is this course available please 🤔 ?
I can see why the video took so long, definitely worth the wait! 😁 This is such a great summary and I honestly can't wait to just send this next time someone says to learn a more useful language.
What you said about duolingo is also so spot on and I'm still so happy that I can finally start learning it, at least a little (and probably a little wrong but its better than nothing 🥳). Tapadh leat!! 🏴
(Also that Europa Universalis clip was 100% necessary in my opinion, js)
I was ready to be impressed by the 194 hour video game for 30 seconds of footage, but the 4 years of language learning might just be a bigger achievement! As an entire sidenote, being bilingual has only made me wish I had learned a third language as a child, not bemoan how confused it made me. Anyway, great video, thank you for this!
I am learning scottish gaelic, and it is such a gorgeous language. I hope to visit eilean sgitheanach (the isle of skye) one week soon. Love the video! Tapadh leibh.
I became interested in Gaelic watching Outlander. I have started learning it on Duolingo. I’ll stay out of the politics as we in the USA have enough of our own political problems! Interesting video.
I've been brushing up on my Irish on Duolingo and it's amazing how much was there latent just waiting to resurface after the 14 years of failed schooling in Ireland. Recently I went on the Gáidhlig duolingo (yes, I know the síneadh fada goes the other way but I don't know the short cut keys). It's really enjoyable seeing the two side by side. The lockdown's been useful for something, I guess.
Our Irish teaching gets a bad rap (wrap?) If you get a B2 in honours you're pretty close to fluent.
Picked up little bits of Gaelic here and there before but finding the Duolingo course really helpful.
Intend to see it through. Seems like a good grounding in the language.
how did it go?
About a year ago I started wanting to learn Gaelic (having greatly enjoyed my high school French education, I knew I could probably tackle it), but was disappointed to find that a decently comprehensive intro course for free and for beginners with a flexible timeline was really not a thing at that time. Flash forward to last week, when I saw somebody mention the Gaelic Duolingo course I literally dropped what I was doing to go download the app again and hop onboard right away. It is just what I was looking for! And this video is an educational bucket of laughs all round. Thank you for what you do! 😊
Don't really understand the British nationalism angle. Surely all native languages of the isles should be protected and encouraged to grow. Northumbrian guy learning it here for its own merit and for the above.
British nationalism reacts to language other than English in the same way. Whether it’s Welsh, Scots, Gaelic or Cornish - it’s inherently hostile towards any language that it doesn’t perceive as the ‘standard’.
@@iammcwaffles5514 you’re giving away top secret information on a future video! ;-)
Respect for saying the Isles instead of the 'British Isles'.
I think we should just call ourselves the Celtic Isles lads. Though tbf, we're not worthy of that title since we all speak a Germanic language as a first language (barring 1%/2% of the Irish, 1% of the Scottish and about 15% of the Welsh)
Wow this video is incredibly well-made and the time and effort you put into creating it is evident. Keep being rad, dude!!!
Gid shit my man!
I started gàidhlig at school an now I'm on duo as a great way tae get me back into it
Folk say all the time about other foreign languages and other native scottish languages (I'm a native Scots speaker) an never seem tae grasp the idea its only makin it more available, not some violent supremacy
Yer a smart guy
Fully agree with you 🙌🙌🙌 nothing pisses me off more than eejits thinking that speaking gaidhlig or gaeilge is a political statement. We're just havin a fuckin chat like. Also I thought gaidhlig and gaeilge both came from a common ancestor... regardless, if it had to be banned in schools it was obviously spoken. A quote about Irish that really spoke to me is : "The absence of Irish isn't English, the absence of Irish is silence." Nothing good at all comes from a language dying out ...
The problem is that Irish does get used as a political football, but that's partly the fault of Unionists who won't allow basic services for Irish speakers in NI, leading to predictable protests from Irish Language groups, leading to it becoming a useful tool for Sinn Féin.
However, even in the Republic of Ireland, you'd be forgiven for thinking that use of Irish was political because it's mostly used in a symbolic ceremonial sense and very few people actually speak it well. Even Gaeilscoileanna produce a very anglicised kind of speech phonetically with idioms translated directly from English and nobody seems to know about or give a crap about how gentrification, emigration, in-migration, housing issues and economic problems have been destroying the language in the Gaeltacht since the 1960s.
Wow this video is incredibly well-made and the time and effort you put into creating it is evident. Keep being rad, dude!!!
(I'm not Scottish and I'll probably never learn Scottish (having enough trouble learning languages I am invested in learning, French and Irish Gaelic) but I'm thrilled for y'all and your progress in reclaiming your culture. Thanks for the interesting half hour and best of luck learning and continuing to push for accessibility and independence!)
This is a really important video to watch. Gaelic is a really cool and fascinating language, and I hope more and more people pick it up!
Wow this video is incredibly well-made and the time and effort you put into creating it is evident. Keep being rad, dude!!!
I'm absolutely going to look into that duolingo course!
It is a beautiful language.
Im in Tennessee USA learning Gaelic with my wife with full intentions to passing it along to my children and grandchildren because of my Scots-Irish hillbilly roots.
Worst case we can talk shit at the pub and confuse the hell out of people lol. I love the language.
Wow this video is incredibly well-made and the time and effort you put into creating it is evident. Keep being rad, dude!!!
but in all seriousness this is a great video, and very informative
my great grandmother is from Scotland, came to America on a boat. Unfortunately, she's been gone sense 2003, and i'm just starting to learn Gaelic because of Duolilngo and Mangolanguages. I'll never forget her, she talked about seeing leprechauns in her deign days. I'll never forget my time with her. RIP Connie McGregor. I'll take the family name some day
That rule Britannia guy sounds like an advertisement for Scottish independence.
I once had a conversation with 2 non-bigot, intelligent English friends about the travesty of the loss of Gaelic because of what was basically an attempt at genocide against the Gaels following the defeat of the Scottish forces in the '75, saying that I looked forward to a time when most Scottish people spoke Gaelic and English and Scots, Doric etc depending on their home. They, like many, argued that Gaelic would not offer any benefits and why not learn something else. I pointed out that, learned properly, Gaelic will root people in their identity and landscape, that a confident knowledge of your history and identity facilitates internationalism and that knowing more than one language aids cogniton (as you state) and facilitates learning of further languages, thus further advancing internationalism as well as any ability to negotiate. They shut up, looking thoughtful. I was quite impressed that I thought of all that myself 😄
Myself, I just really love hearing someone on the BBC turning to her sister and asking "What's the English for 'mil'?"
And, since I'm a BTS fan, I would also advocate for the dissemination of the Korean language as widely as possible, and there Dualingo is one of many friends ... The more the merrier!
I know a Frenchman from Brittany living in Finland who is fluent in 9 languages and manages in a further 4 : he says after your fourth language, the others are easy. He does not speak Brettonne, though he grew up hearing it among his grandparents.
I'd be interested to know what 'the '75' was and what 'Scottish forces were defeated.
@@Alan_Mac He probably means the Jacobite rising of 1745. They suffered a decisive defeat at Culloden in 1746 and the authorities set about dismantling the Gaelic Highland culture after this.
This was not a 'Scotland vs England' thing. The first hostile city Prince Charles and the Jacobite army (French-Irish (Irish brigades from the French army), Scottish Highlanders and other Scots and later a few English Catholics etc) had to take was Edinburgh. And after the Jacobite defeat it was mainly Scottish authorities, soldiers and elites who destroyed the Gaelic Highland communities.
Wow this video is incredibly well-made and the time and effort you put into creating it is evident. Keep being rad, dude!!! (in all seriousness, ty for making this video)
I really I hope our language will be spoken in all over Scotland. I’m learning Scottish Gaelic because it’s important for our language to be revived in the lowlands. Beò fada Alba agus Gàidhlig.
Really fantastic talk, great work on this! You really have some excellent points!
This was total class
Thanks Lewis, and thanks for your support!
Great video. Fact based. Great to see you destroying the myths and lies of British Nationalists. Love the Gàidhlig language. Finally learning it as an Adult in Cumar nan Allt-(Cumbernauld). Tapadh leat mo charaid. Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig ann an Cumar nan Allt. Tha i brèagha agus glè cudromach.
Just watched the whole video again. Brilliant stuff! Gaelic has so much potential, and I’m glad people out there are doing what they can to protect and nurture the language. As Aye rightly said, nobody is forcing anyone to learn Gaelic, we just want to stop the language from dying out. It’s normal to get some people who take it badly, and some of them don’t know/think about what they’re saying about the language.
Bòrd na Gàidhlig must be quaking in their boots after what the Duolingo team have achieved 😂
sbrodie99 nice thing is that it might spur them on a bit!
It’s been in the news! Bord na Gàidhlig has been called out and they have been ordered to re evaluate their department and appoint new leadership
Tailor's Hands haha 😂 sgoinneil!
Got duolingo and started learning Scottish Gaelic before watching this video, but if I hadn't before I sure would start now.
Wow this video is incredibly well-made and the time and effort you put into creating it is evident. Keep being rad, love!!!
Wow this video is incredibly well-made and the time and effort you put into creating it is evident. Keep being rad, dude!!
This is perfectly wonderful, thank you so much for making this video. I still need to sign up for the course and I love this!
my wife is Welsh, and can still speak a bit of it. it would be devastating to lose the Celtic languages! great video.
I really appreciate this video man, I'm a student of medieval history over here in the U.S., and language learning is a sorry state-of-affairs. The vast majority of people are mono-lingual, and most don't have the opportunity to start learning another language until their 9th year of school. As a person of primarily German descent, I've spoken German for about 6 years, and the experience of speaking your ancestors' language is culturally enriching and formative for me. I can communicate with members of my mother culture on their terms, which allows me to participate in that culture in a more meaningful way. I'm currently studying Latin and Old Norse as well, with the intent of learning to translate Althochdeutsch and Niederdeutsch down the road. Much like the languages I have mentioned here, knowledge of Gaelic is crucial to understanding our ancestors as people in addition to our broader understanding of the events in their lives. Being able to read the lives of a German or a Scandinavian, or a Scot from 1000 years ago in their own words, not a translation, is no less than these people of the past deserve in my opinion.
Carry on friend, keep your culture alive and your forefathers close to your heart.
People jus needa stop puttin themselves in conversations which don' actually involve 'em.
A'm raised bilingual (ain't really bilingual now), an god do A hate people sayin pointless shite tryna speakin for people who actually're affected by it (an people who're linguists/interested in linguistics)
Gaelic's proper beautiful, an as an English folk, A'd wish A'd've loved to 'ave learnt it growin up. Definitely takin it up when A've finished some of the other cources.
My eyes hurt after reading this.
@@Rolando_Cueva ?? okay?? then suffer??
Amazing and well made video, keep up the good work!
Love this! You made an important, half hour long video really fun.
You need a graphic designer so you never have to play 194 hours of videogame? Geez a tenner.
I need an editor too😉
this video is so fucking cool. it's super informative, well made and well presented. thank you for making it and sharing it!
This is such a good video! I can see why it'd take a long time to make but its very well made!! Thank you very much for making it!
Holy shit dude, thank you for pulling the obscure memory of Na Daoine Beaga out of my shitty brain.
Also...in the Highlands there are signs with English, Gaelic, French, German, and Spanish I think reminding people to drive on the left. That’s like, 5 languages...and no one says shit. Also all tourist signs feature the thistle, our national flower. Neither of those are new.
As a critique, I suppose, which I might have seen someone else say, but making the times where you’re just talking more dynamic whether that’s adding pictures or a sprite of you talking or something- it would make the in betweens a lot more interesting. You’ve a great voice tho and an awesome sense of humour! Super interesting video!!
Watching this wayyyy overdue, but I look forward to starting Gaelic and watching any future videos!! 💙
Space Ace Hey, thanks very much for the feedback! I really appreciate it. I’ve been thinking about having a ‘basic commentary’ sprite or something like that. Maybe I just need to work my way up to a face reveal!
Tapadh leat gu mòr a charaid!
Brilliant ! Totally agree with you on all points. I speak 4 languages fluently now and am learning Gaelic as it was my mother's ancestors language. I use Duolingo too which is great as you can learn at your leisure and pace. Great video, many thanks.
In the Netherlands we have Dutch and Frisian being the two official languages. In the province of Friesland roadsigns are bilingual. Frisian people are proud to be Frisian and support their language. By the way, English is also an 'imported' language in the UK because it was based on the language of the Frisian and Jute settlers.
This video is fantastic - thank you for your research, assessment and sensible approach. Móran taing a charaid.
I grew up bilingual and honestly it did make several things easier to know both Dutch and English and eventually German. Though I've forgotten all of my German by now. Dutch was the primary language in school, but that doesn't keep anyone in the Netherlands from learning English. I'm very happy Scottish Gaelic was finally added to Duo lingo, I immediately noticed it was missing when I first got the app and it didn't feel good to have it missing.
Amazing video and great work!
I didn't know Gàidhlig existed until the helper teacher came into our class in p7
I was born and raised in Liverpool but my mum spoke Irish gaelic and my da spoke Scots gaelic. It was werid growing up speaking the two. I kinda struggle with separating the two gaelic languages however I'm learning both so I can raise my children with the language.
I’m from of Dumfries in Galloway, the council won’t teach Gaelic in school because some people in the council say that it was never spoken hear. Gaelic was spoken here for a thousand years the last native Gaelic speaker in Galloway died in the 1760s. So saying it wasn’t spoken hear is a lie
Did I come on here solely to comment? Aye. Glad to have the video, amazing work!
Nice video :) reviving old languages is always worth the effort
Well done mate, Fifer learning Gaelic and obsessed with Scottish culture here - loved this video
i understood some of the gaelic *sentencs* in this video and i was verry shocked! i had breifly tried to learn the language on duolingo but kept falling through, so i was suprised to remeber that much
Hi there! Interesting video, although the swearing was not necessary. I am from Australia and wanted to learn another language, I chose Scottish Gaelic because #1 I have some Scottish heritage and #2 I don't want to see this language die. I am loving learning this language and am excited to see so many people becoming interested in it. Globalism is another good reason to learn the ancient language of Scotland. Globalist would like to see us all become one generic human population devoid of variation and individual character, they want us to ignore our history, our heritage our culture. Reviving national languages like Scottish Gaelic is a good way to push back against this trend.
I absolutely loved this short lecture, and I'm a huge fan of not only Duolingo, where I enjoy several languages, but also Gàidhlig! Thanks for the perspectives.
Thanks very much, Victor!
This is everything my sick day needed... Thank you.
Get better soon!
Good video. Off to my daily Gàidhlig Duolingo lessons now ;) I have almost completed the course and never regretted starting to learn that beautiful and poetic language. I would say the point that learning a foreign language makes it easier to learn another one definitely has been true for me. My native language is Estonian, I have also learned English and some Russian at school and several years ago started learning French by myself. It was incredibly hard and it took so much time to reach any level at all. Now I have started learning Gaelic and the progress I would say is a lot faster than it was with French. I think studying French by myself made me recognise good learning resources and methods for learning, also made me think more about grammar (grasping new grammar concepts more easily) and developed pronounciation, probably also developed the listening abilities to recognise new words. Tapadh leat for the video Aye For Scotland. Sin thu fhèin. Wish all the best for Gàidhlig and Alba!
One of the best clips I’ve seen . Very much enjoyed this , had some good laughs . So sorry that you people have to many idiotic comments to read . So, grain of salt ehe ? By the way , no such thing as useless language . Great post and great attitude! Love already whoever you are !
Thanks very much!
Gàidhlig learner here in New Zealand, my great grandfather came here to Dunedin (Dùn Èideann) in NZ as a speaker, and his daughter, my grandmother, taught me a few words as a wee one. I'm stoked to be able to learn the language now. Loved your video, Duolingo was really my only avenue to learn the language, so I'm very happy to have the opportunity to do so. Slàinte mhath, a charaid.
Great video, well done. Tapadh leibh!
As someone who is learning Welsh, I have seen similar opposition to the Welsh language. Learning a heritage language is not isolationist. Learning a heritage language connects people to their nations past. This is especially important with minority national languages in the UK where English has seen priority and other languages discriminated against for many centuries.
Da iawn chdi am ddysgu Cymraeg 👍🏴
Thanks for posting this on reddit. Glad i saved it to watch it later, subscribed! Slàinte agus tapaidh leat!
This video deserves more views!
Thank you so much for making this video! I am from America and I have always wanted to learn Scottish Gaelic, so I signed up for Duolingo right away. ^_^ Mòran taing!
You're so welcome! Great way to spend your isolation period!
I have been learning the Gaelic course on Duolingo and have loved it!
Cool video chief 👍
Tha Gàidhlig sgoinneil! Duolingo has allowed me to get the basics on my 5th attempt. Finished the course as it stands a few weeks ago. The materials weren’t ready available before. (At least furth of Scotland. First go at Adult Ed in Tunbridge Wells in 1990s!!) It’s not a language you can learn out of a book; it took 5min to download pronunciation of « Fàilte » on dial-up my first go. Some say Scots learn other languages more easily than the English because we’re all diglossal; naturally shifting between Scots Standard English and Scots and mixing the two. We have the advantage of a rhotic accent and sounds that help a lot with German and Italian. My generation was the last to learn Latin routinely at Scots state schools and not only did I enjoy it but it’s helped me learn other languages. Charlemagne is credited with saying that to have another language is to have another soul. I do think in another way in French, in which I’m fluent, though I’ve never lived in France and it’s of no economic advantage to me.
If for nothing else it’s worth paying TV licence for BBCALBA
I'm a Canadian of mostly Scottish, and English descent so I've been working hard at learning Scottish Gaelic, and Scots (I've got French and German, so might as well learn some fun languages that my forebears spoke). I don't understand why folk have to politicise these tongues. The jacobite revolt was hundreds of years ago, I'm a result of the "Imperial heritage" and god forbid some of those colonists didn't speak English as a native tongue.
That Andrew Kelman, "Fact checker" is also implying that the Stuarts were anti Union, which is wrong being that Queen Anne was a bloody fucking Stuart. There were Jacobites in England for god's sake.
This has blown my entire conception of what scotland is like out of the water.
Honestly would be v excited to see how Ireland and Scotland could come together regarding our languages in the future. Because they really are (in my experience) largely mutually intelligible. It just seems like there are so many possibilities. Like, more college language-exchange programs (there's only one that I know of atm), or even more media crossover with our national language channels, etc. Idk, I just think it'd be great to be more connected since our languages are so similar. 😊 💕
This video needs tae get more attention.
I dabbled in the Scots Gaelic course on Duolingo mainly because I like the music of Julie Fowlis. I have picked up three other languages in various ways (Italian, Spanish, Mandarin) but the grammar early on did my head in a bit. Wish I could take classes irl, but I live in a small city in Australia, so that's not likely to happen any time soon.
I say , , the more we learn about different ways that people communicate AND the more we learn through language about different cultures the better off we all are . You know , the great melting pot . We’d be enriched society as a whole by learning to understand a few languages . Ain’t nothin wrong with that !
Oh, I enjoyed this video very much . Found myself chuckling a few times . Reading the Twitter posts , , yes, , a lot of, , , , people who seem odd . I’m putting it nicely ! Anyway, glad I watched this . Oh, by the way , my grandfather was from Scotland . My father spoke Gaelic , however not in public or even much around our home in Boston . I guess there was a stigma . One should never have to worry about their language, unless it’s profane . But that’s another subject 😉. Thanks for the time you took for making this video .
first: interesting as an ex-linguistics student myself and you did an awesome job advocating for it. i move soon to glasgow, but even before i always wanted to learn Ghaedhlig. and what duolingo did and achieved is brilliant, it gives some hope. it needs really to become more of a secondary school offer again too. saying that - i have other connection to this problem as originally from northern germany. Plattdüütsch (low german) is pretty much in the same position as being endangered and hit hard by the same propaganda, even so far to call it a dialect, when local linguist totally disagree with this assessment obviously. (and if you check you could 2 million speakers is much more - most of the country's population is of old age, especially those speakers. so it is literally watching it die.)
i hope we all can do more to help endangered languages and i cant wait till i have the free time and mind to learn it myself.
That's a damn good video!
Thoroughly enjoyed that, very informative and addressing the nutcases enough to destroy the tenants of their arguments but not enough to validate them. Strong work!
Similar to you, I’m a lowlander who never had the opportunity to learn but once I got older always wanted to. Think I may be slightly older that you (32) as my childhood tv annoyance was that ‘Dè a-nis?’ would be on instead of the Simpsons on a Thursday on BBC2.
I’ve always been keen on languages and have used Duolingo for years on and off, and I would check every few months to see if there was a Gàidhlig course, or if it would just be yet more sci fi universe languages. Signed up immediately when I found it finally arrived in December, and have fallen in love with it! Completed the duo course a few months ago and have been taking lessons on zoom, studying grammar and using some of the other great online resources at learngaelic.scot
Amazing video, nice Eu4 reference.
Great video keep it up
This is so interesting and cool
First, thank you for making this video. Many view Gaelic as a useless language and that is their opinion and they are entitled to it. However there are those who have bloodlines that tie to Scottish roots, as well as Irish. I intend to learn both. While Duolingo is not the perfect format for becoming fluent, it is a start. I believe there is a way to connect to others who are learning as well. My only problem i have encountered is that at times it is hard to make out what the speakers are saying, which can cause wrong answers to be entered. It is free, so one should not expect too much. But I would honestly say my experience with learning Gàidhlig has not been a hard one. It takes time and once you recognize the grammar patterns, it's not Terribly difficult. Granted it's not easy either, but with hard hard work comes a good reward. Thank you again for sharing and sparking a fire for those who want to learn Scottish Gaelic.
And here i' am in Colombia, sorry Scolombia learning Scottish Gaelic.
And yes i'm not going to stop, the culture behind the language its amazing and beautiful.
labhraim Gaeilge mar táim ó Éire, agus tá mé in an cuid de gáidhlig a thuigint! ach fós ní thuigim go leor deithi!
My irish isnt fluent and my spelling is the worst part but basic scottish and Irish are very similar yet the moment it gets detailed its so confusing haha
I'm very tempted to pick up Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo, because I loved this video! I'm just an American with family that has claimed some distant Scottish ancestry on one side. But my mom used to sing Loch Lomond to me to get me to sleep.
Cheers! You should give it a try, it’s one of the fastest growing Duolingo courses and it’s coming up for 200,000 learners! Your mum has good taste in music!
In learning in Tennessee with my wife. Check out Scottish Gaelic with Jason on youtube too. Great material.
A great video