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The languages of Scotland belong predominantly to the Germanic and Celtic language families. The main language now spoken in Scotland is English, while Scots and Scottish Gaelic are minority languages .
Extinct languages of Scotland (2 C, 7 P) G. Scottish Gaelic language (10 C, 83 P) S. Scots language (6 C, 79 P) Scottish studies (7 P) T. Scottish toponymy (3 C, 17 P)
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Scotland portal; Language portal Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ... Pages in category "Scots language" The following ...
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig), a Celtic language native to the Scottish Highlands Scottish English , the varieties of English spoken in Scotland Scottish Language , a peer-reviewed journal of Scottish languages and linguistics, published by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies
The Celtic languages (/ ˈ k ɛ l t ɪ k / ⓘ KEL-tik) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from the hypothetical Proto-Celtic language. [2] The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, [ 3 ] following Paul-Yves Pezron , who made the explicit link between the Celts described ...
However, none of these is in use today. The remaining three major languages of the Scottish people are English, Scots (various dialects) and Gaelic. Of these three, English is the most common form as a first language. There are some other minority languages of the Scottish people, such as Spanish, used by the population of Scots in Argentina.
Scottish Gaelic (/ ˈ ɡ æ l ɪ k /, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⓘ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish ...