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The 10th-century Book of Deer contains the oldest known text from Scotland that contains distincly Scottish Gaelic forms, here seen in the margins of a page from the Gospel of Matthew. Gaelic shares with other Celtic languages a number of interesting typological features: [ 1 ]
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic [1] [2] [3] (Old Irish: Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Irish: Sean-Ghaeilge; Scottish Gaelic: Seann-Ghàidhlig; Manx: Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts.
[14] [9] Its literary form, Classical Gaelic, was used in Ireland and Scotland from the 13th to the 18th century. [15] [16] The grammar of Early Modern Irish is laid out in a series of grammatical tracts written by native speakers and intended to teach the most cultivated form of the language to student bards, lawyers, doctors, administrators ...
9/10th century, with later additions Gospelbook of the 9/10th century, with 12th-century additions in Scottish Gaelic. [2] Images Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine: Chatsworth Book of Lismore: c. 1500 Mainly religious texts. [2] Dublin, National Library of Ireland: G 1 (olim Phillipps 4169) 16th century
A double grammar English and Gaelic John Forbes (1818–1863) was a minister of the Church of Scotland in Kilmore , Isle of Skye and a prominent Gaelic scholar. He is known for his work on the grammar of Scottish Gaelic, A double grammar English and Gaelic .
The Book of Deer (Scottish Gaelic: Leabhar Dhèir) (Cambridge University Library, MS. Ii.6.32) is a 10th-century Latin Gospel Book with early 12th-century additions in Latin, Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It contains the earliest surviving Gaelic writing from Scotland.
Middle Irish, also called Middle Gaelic [1] (Irish: An Mheán-Ghaeilge, Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan-Ghàidhlig), [2] is the Goidelic language which was spoken in Ireland, most of Scotland and the Isle of Man from c. 900–1200 AD; it is therefore a contemporary of Late Old English and Early Middle English.
The standard was created by medieval Gaelic poets based on the vernacular usage of the late 12th century and allowed a lot of dialectal forms that existed at that point in time, [6] but was kept conservative and had been taught virtually unchanged throughout later centuries. The grammar and metrical rules were described in a series of ...