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Dàimh (pronounced "dive") is a folk band which performs in Scottish Gaelic. Its members are Angus MacKenzie (whistle/bagpipes), Gabe McVarish , Ellen MacDonald (voice/bagpipes), Murdo Cameron (mandolin/accordion) and Ross Martin (guitar). [1] In addition, Calum Alex MacMillan sang with them on their album Crossing Point. [2]
Well-versed in the ceòl mòr piping tradition of his native district, Labhruidh is a member of the Afro-Celt Sound System and has also produced Gaelic music in non-traditional genres, such as hip-hop. [5] In 2014, Labhruidh, who sings in a sean-nós style, [6] became the main vocalist for the Gaelic supergroup Dàimh. [5]
O chualas gu ‘n deach’ thu le Brian a dh’òl Mo chomunn cha deanain ri mnaoi tha ‘san fheòil O rinn thu mo thréigsinn ‘s mi fhéin a bhith beò. O chan eil uiseag no aoilinn bhàn Am bàrr a’ chaisteil far’n robh mi ‘s mo ghràdh Nach bheil ri tuireadh do’oidhche ‘s do là O chual iad gun ghlacadh mo chailinn air làimh.
Prior the 1981 Gaelic Orthographic Convention (GOC), Scottish Gaelic traditionally used acute accents on a, e, o to denote close-mid long vowels, clearly graphemically distinguishing è /ɛː/ and é /eː/, and ò /ɔː/ and ó /oː/. However, since the 1981 GOC and its 2005 and 2009 revisions, standard orthography only uses the grave accent.
Descriptions of the language have largely focused on the phonology. Welsh naturalist Edward Lhuyd published the earliest major work on Scottish Gaelic after collecting data in the Scottish Highlands between 1699 and 1700, in particular data on Argyll Gaelic and the now obsolete dialects of north-east Inverness-shire.
The "Uist Tramping Song", "Null do dh'Uidhist" (Over to Uist) or "Tiugainn Leam" (Come With Me) [1] [2] is a traditional Scottish folk song, Gaelic lyrics by Archibald MacDonald, [3] music by John R. Bannerman, arranged by Hugh S. Roberton. The song is an invitation to the sights and abundance of Uist, the central group of islands in the Outer ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Scottish Gaelic on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Scottish Gaelic in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
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