#manx gaelic

[crumpetsandcrabsticks]

I kind of forgot tumblr existed, so hi guys! Sorry it's been a while since i posted anything last.

These are some dairy words in Manx Gaelic. Bainney (𝐵𝐴𝑁𝑁-𝑦𝑒𝑟) - Milk Key (𝑘𝑎𝑦) - Cream Caashey (𝑐𝑎𝑖𝑟-𝑆𝐻𝑈𝐻) - Cheese Eeym (𝑒𝑒𝑚) - Butter

[kevin-ar-tuathal]

Sách ráite agat! 👏🥳

Is cuma "Gaelic" a thabhairt ar an nGaeilge, go háirithe ós rud é gur rud a chruthaigh an Bhreatain í "Éire" agus "Albain" - fada an lá ó shin, cuid den domhan céanna a bhí siad - is reactionary é an beartas gan ach "Irish" a thabhairt ar an nGaeilge i mBéarla, ag scaradh muid ónár gcomhchainteoirí Gaelacha eile in Albain agus ar an Oileán Mhanainn!

Calling Irish "Gaelic" is fine actually

I used to think it was just a thing that uninformed Americans did, but I was wrong, so let's talk about it.

There are Irish people (notably, native Irish speakers) who call it "Gaelic", when speaking English. (All video clips are timestamped, but it seems like timestamps don't work on mobile? So I'll write them as well) 8:27

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In the name for the language in Irish varies across the dialects, but in Donegal, it's usually said as "Gaeilic"*, as you can hear here. (Bhí an Ghaeilic thar timpeall achan áit)

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Or in the recording here from teanglann.ie:

It's fine to call it "Irish" as well, or "Irish Gaelic", but there's nothing wrong with just saying "Gaelic".

Notes

*I spelt it as Gaeilic for the sake of showing the pronunciation here, but really this comes from Gaeilg with the final consonant being devoiced in a similar way to how you see with Pádraig -> Pádraic

Some people will argue that you shouldn't call it "Gaelic" because there are several Gaelic languages, and it lacks specificity. It's true that it lacks specificity, but that is also how they're spoken about in the Gaelic languages themselves, e.g. "Gaeilge na hÉireann, Gaeilge na hAlban, Gaeilge Mhanann" (The Gaelic of Ireland, The Gaelic of Scotland, the Gaelic of Man) in Irish. There was, and still is to some degree, mutual intelligibility between these languages/dialects and it should be remembered that the difference between language and dialect is largely political.

[dougielombax]

“bUt NAeBodY sPakeS iT¡ tiS a DEaD LAnguaGe, sHUrE¡ WHiT’s tHe PoiNt? Let iT DiE.”

Okay.

Okay.

Could you perhaps tell us WHY the language you fear so greatly is threatened or dead?

No. Do go on.

Tell us.

Why is it dead? What happened to those who spoke it? Why weren't they able to pass it down the generations?

Why is this so?

Because they sure as shit didn’t just stop speaking it for the sheer hell of it!

You don’t know?

Oh dear.

No it’s not natural.

And it’s not about nativism, you daft shite!

Imagine being scared of a language!

Why does it threaten you so?

Why do you act like it shakes the foundations of your state?

Tell me.

Pathetic!

…

Many such cases.

MANY such cases!

[yvanspijk]

Ancient Greek híppos, Latin equus, Irish each, and Icelandic jór all mean 'horse', and Spanish yegua and Romanian iapă mean 'mare'. They're very different, yet they ultimately stem from the same Proto-Indo-European word. They drifted apart due to the sound changes they underwent.

What would their modern English, German, Dutch, French and Italian cognates look like if they had survived? I tell about it on my Patreon.

[meichenxi]

Speakers of non-English languages of the UK and Ireland wanted!!

Since it’s World Mother Language Day today (February the 21st), I’m thinking of doing a series of posts on the native non-English languages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, with some information and short interviews. 

For this, I am looking for both native speakers/signers and learners (with or without parentage/heritage of the language in question) of the following languages:

- Scottish Gaelic

- Irish

- Welsh

- Any sign language of the United Kingdom or Ireland (e.g. BSL)

- Any other minority language indigenous to the United Kingdom or Ireland. By this I mean primarily spoken only within the UK or Ireland as a minority, or spoken very little elsewhere. For example: Cornish, Manx, Shelta, or Anglo-Romani, not languages like Polish or Bengali that are minority within the UK but have a significant speaker base elsewhere. (I am aware that I am fishing for some of these *cough* Cornish *cough*...but you never know!)

- Any language or variety that you speak that you feel is linguistically / culturally distinct from Standard English that you would like to inform more people about. For example: Shetlandic, Scots, Ulster Scots. 

I don’t have anything finalised yet, but if you would be wiling to speak to me about some text-based interviews for the sake of qualitative and informative tumblr posts, please send me a message!

(NB: if I have used any names of languages that are not preferred, tell me and I will change them. I don’t know a lot about the non-Celtic and non-Germanic languages here, which is part of my reason for wanting to make this series of posts in the first place.)

Please reblog so more people see this!

- meichenxi

[kevin-ar-tuathal]

☝️☝️☝️

É Seo!!!

(and just to add Manx Gaelic (Gaelg 🇮🇲) to the list of Gaelic languages; it is too often left out!!)

Making a separate post because it bothers me but "gaelic" is not the name of "the scottish language", it's an umbrella term for the celtic languages of Gaeilge (Irish gaelic) and Gàidhlig, the scottish gaelic, not language.

(Not be confused with the brythonic branches of celtic languages such as Welsh, Brezhoneg, or Cornish.)

[gaelicwordofthesometimes]

Because people keep reblogging my shit and tagging it "Irish"

Íf thé áccénts gó thís wáy ít's Írísh

Ìf thèy gò thìs wày ìt's Scòttìsh Gàèlìc

Also Irish underwent spelling reforms a while back which removed a lot of silent consonants, while Gaelic did not

Eg: oíche vs oidhche (night), rí vs rìgh (King), sú vs sùgh (juice)

[mali-umkin]

Will never not tear up over this

[smudgingpumpkins]

SAMHAIN

Pronounced as "sow-in," as in "cow"

When is Samhain?

In modern times, Samhain is celebrated October 31st through November 1st, roughly the halfway point between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice.

What is Samhain?

It is a celebration welcoming the "darker half" of the year, as the harvest season ends and winter approaches. The veil between the world of the dead and the living is at its thinnest during this time.

Who does Samhain celebrate?

Deceased ancestors and loved ones are primarily honored and respected. Gods, Goddesses, and other deities associated with death and the underworld may be regarded, such as Persephone (Greek goddess of agriculture and the queen of the Underworld), Cailleach (Gaelic goddess of winter and wisdom), The Morrigan (Celtic goddess of strife and death), Hecate (Greek goddess of the night, a bridge between good and evil), and Crom Cruach (Gaelic god of harvest), to name a few.

SAMHAIN TRADITIONS

Work with gemstones that keep away negative energy, such as black tourmaline, smoky quartz, and hematite. Stones that invoke luck and hope are also appropriate for the upcoming winter harshness, like opals, rubies, and pyrite.

Use herbs to stave off negative spirits and bad energy, by burning palo santo, patchouli, and sandalwood. Resin from the copal tree, a deep red color much like blood, also radiates good energy and symbolizes the "sacrificial blood of trees," connecting us to our ancestors. This comes from Mesoamerican traditions.

Consume foods rich in nutrients and/or will warm you up for the cooling weather, like squashes, pumpkins, turnips, apples, mulled wines, pork, beef, and traditional barmbrack (sweetbread filled with raisins and spices).

Decorate and dress yourself in spooky colors like black, grey, purple, and orange.

Incorporate animal imagery (e.g., figurines, photographs, drawings, et cetera) of bats, spiders, black cats, and crows--animals associated with the nighttime, (mis)fortune, and as messengers between realms.

SAMHAIN ACTIVITIES

Cleanse your home. Use stones, palo santo, and/or essential oils to rid your home of any negative energy.

Take a ritual bath. Add a drop of patchouli essential oil, coarse salt, and cloves to your bath, and relax under the moonlight.

Honor the dead. Do this however you may see fit; perhaps place a photo of a deceased loved one in a magical space, offer items that they had liked (e.g., food, toys, clothes), and light a white candle in their memory.

Light a bonfire. Commune with your ancestors and/or community beside the fire, and welcome the darker days.

Carve a jack-o-lantern. You can use a pumpkin or a turnip, carving out a scary face and illuminating it by placing a tealight inside.

Make a Samhain altar. Add a photograph of a deceased love one or iconography of a deity of your choice, and surround it with lit candles, harvest foods (e.g., squash, pumpkins, corn, or even your jack-o-lantern), dried leaves, salt, and symbols of death (e.g., ash, bones, the death tarot, et cetera).

Get creative with recipes! Carlota Santos, who is the author of Magicka, recommends a vegan version of lambswool, a traditional Samhain drink. Here is the recipe below!

[weirdestarrow]

Does anyone have any song recommendations for songs in any of the six celtic languages?

[anreill]

discord trivia bot had a question about this kpop girlgroup and i had to google them because like literally who? and then saw this as the top result which is really quite funny to me as in the Manx dialect "yessir" is a really common way of saying "you" like if you meet a friend in the high street you might say "right there, yessir?"

[geoazie]

Indo-European languages : The Celtic Languages

Here are the 6 Celtic languages, divided in 2 families. Cornish and Manx are both slowly getting a revival, and Breton, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish were all historically repressed. Nowadays educational programs are put in places to make the languages survive, it's estimated that 17% of the Welsh population can speak Welsh.

[radicalposture]

i downloaded babel to have a nose and do you ever pick up a book and within five minutes you can tell the author is an american who was obsessed with harry potter and is using their literary career as a way to work through the fact that they still love it but they’re not allowed to publicly admit that anymore

[anarcho-sgathach]

Do you have any resources on traditional Celtic songs or sheet music? Throughout the British Isles? Thanks 💚

Hey, thanks for the question!

I don't know much about traditional Cornish, Welsh, and Breton music, perhaps one of my followers might be able to tell you more.

For Irish, Scottish, and Manx music I can recommend

The Session - lots of excellent (mostly irish, but some scottish and manx) session tunes

Tobar an Dualchais - Scottish Gaelic and Scots-language songs, poems, and stories with recordings and transcriptions

Traditional Tune Archive - A wikipedia style website with entries for TONS of traditional fiddle tunes

I'd also recommend heading over to RateYourMusic.com and looking at their genre list, it has lists of albums from almost every genre imaginable, including Celtic ones.

Hope this helps!

[moonchildsfae]

save the celtic languages!

[saint-sebastian-coded]

all im saying is if britain wants to win it needs to send a non-english band - take your pick there's something like six other languages to go from here - and make it rap or death metal