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English
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The purpose of this book is to provide, a brief introduction to the Gaelic language with a selective discussion of its main features. In contrast to native speakers, who absorb the language as children, adults who are learning Gaelic from scratch often derive much benefit, from knowing why the language takes its shape.
Author
Language
English
Description
This book examines where Gaelic stands within the family of European languages, tracing its roots to Indo-European languages and showing how firmly it is established within them, rather than being a strange, unrelated outlier. He uses his knowledge of several modern and ancient languages to show the links between them, and to demonstrate the roots of Gaelic in particular. This book will help anyone interested in the history of Scots Gaelic to understand...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book sets out to illustrate the relationship between Gaelic and English words within the wider Indo-European context. Many Scots, finding Gaelic difficult, are unaware that much of Gaelic comes originally from the same source as English (and many other European languages), this origin being an early language of Europe and areas of the Indian sub-continent. Known as Indo-European, this long vanished language evolved in various ways to become the...
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