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Scottish Gaelic

[ skot-ish gol-ikor, often, gey-lik ]

noun

  1. the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia. : ScotGael, Scot. Gael.


Scottish Gaelic

noun

  1. the Goidelic language of the Celts of Scotland, spoken in the Highlands and Western Isles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The ceremony also will include female bishops for the first time, as well as hymns and prayers sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, as well as English.

The Coronation on Saturday will be the first to incorporate other languages spoken in Britain, with a hymn set to be sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.

From BBC

Irish, a Celtic language closely related to Scottish Gaelic, is the oldest spoken language in Western Europe, according to Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, a professor at Concordia University’s School of Irish Studies in Montreal.

For centuries, Manx — part of the Celtic language family, like Irish and Scottish Gaelic — was how people on the island communicated.

For centuries, Manx — part of the Celtic language family like Irish and Scottish Gaelic — was how people on the island communicated in their everyday lives.

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