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Scottish_Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic

English

Proper noun

Scottish Gaelic

The Gaelic language of Scotland, spoken primarily in the northern and western parts of the country, with important communities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Scottish Gaelic had its widest influence between 800 and 1200 CE, as place names throughout Scotland attest.

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Translations

The Gaelic language of Scotland

Afrikaans: Skots-Gaelies (af)
Arabic: اَلْأُسْكُتْلَنْدِيَّة f ‎(al-ʾuskutlandiyya)
Armenian: շոտլանդերեն (hy) ‎(šotlanderen)
Basque: eskoziako gaelera (eu)
Belarusian: шатла́ндская мо́ва f ‎(šatlándskaja móva), шатла́ндская f ‎(šatlándskaja)
Catalan: gaèlic escocès (ca) m, escocès (ca) m
Valencian: gaèlic escocés m, escocés (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蘇格蘭蓋爾語, 苏格兰盖尔语 ‎(Sūgélán-Gài'ěryǔ)
Czech: skotská gaelština (cs) f
Dutch: Schots-Gaelisch (nl) n
Faroese: skotskt gæliskt n
Finnish: gaeli (fi)
French: gaélique écossais (fr) m
German: Schottisch-Gälisch (de) n

Irish: Gaeilge na hAlban
Japanese: スコットランド・ゲール語 (ja) ‎(Sukottorando-Gēru-go)
Low German: schottsch gäälsch
Norwegian: skotsk-gælisk
Occitan: escocés
Polish: język szkocki gaelicki
Portuguese: gaélico escocês (pt) m
Romanian: limba scoțiană f
Russian: шотла́ндский язы́к m ‎(šotlándskij jazýk), шотла́ндский (ru) m ‎(šotlándskij), гэ́льский (ru) m ‎(gɛ́lʹskij) (язы́к)
Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhlig f
Spanish: gaélico escocés (es) m
Swedish: skotsk gäliska (sv) c
Turkish: İskoçça (tr)
Walloon: gayelike escôswès (wa) m
Welsh: Gaeleg yr Alban (cy)

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Scottish Gaelic terms

Appendix:Scottish Gaelic Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Scottish Gaelic