Scots Gaelic
Celtic leid native tae Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nae tae be confused wi Scots Inglis or Scots leid.
The Scots Gaelic leid (Gàidhlig) is a Goidelic, Celtic leid an ane o the hamelt leids o Scotland.
It is a Q-Celtic leid that's spak in Scotland (in muckler proportions in the northren pairt o Scotland (the Hielands an Islands), an abreed in Canadae (Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia). It is sib tae the Erse an the Manx Gaelic leid, an tae the Welsh, Cornish an Breton forby.
It wis spak in maist o the Lawlands an aw, as can be seen bi literature an place names:
- Buchan – Buik o Deer, auldest beuk in the Scots Gaelic (in Scots Gaelic)
- Caithness – The Caithness book
- Gallowa & Ayrshire – Robert the Bruce an Walter Kennedy baith spak Scots Gaelic.
- Glesca – "Auchenshuggle", "Govan", "Drumchapel" etc. aw cam fae Scots Gaelic an aw. Glesca still haes a michty community the day o Gaels that speaks the Gaelic, an is hame tae the first Gaelic medium Secondary School.